It was the return of returns for Mauricio back to Tottenham. The first half of the game took an immediate spin after a series of reckless tackles, disallowed , and injuries.

Dejan Kulusevski opened the scoring early at the 6th-minute mark. Son Heung-min nearly doubled the score minutes later, but his goal was ruled marginally offside. then disallowed potential equalizers from and Moises Caicedo.

Then, things got dirty. Destiny Udogie nearly two-footed tackled Raheem Sterling, and Cristian Romero got away with one on a swift kickout. Finally, Romero met his maker.

In the 34th minute, Romero committed a horror challenge and received a VAR-approved red on a nasty lunge into his Argentine teammate Enzo Fernandez.

It’s his fourth time sent off in all competition since the 2021-22 season, more than any other Premier League player. Cole Palmer bagged the equalizer from the penalty shot.

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Subsequent events include another goal ruled out offside for Chelsea and then suffering two injury scares with Van de Ven and Maddison.

It’s been a wild first half with Poch’s side trying to thwart Spurs best start in 60 years. Let’s see what the second half is made of.

The first half, for your review 🙃

EventCount
VAR Reviews17
Disallowed Goals4
Substitutions3
Goals Scored2
Injuries2
Red Cards1
Penalties Awarded1

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