The most succinct analysis I can provide is that Spurs lost their fakin minds out there.
Clatternburg’s record breaking flurry of 9 yellow cards provides even the most simple minded observer that this was a game that was all too frequently out of anyone’s control.
Erik Lamela’s stamp was so subtle, I needed two action replays to really catch it.
You have to admire his subtlety, even if you despise the action itself.
Elsewhere we had a conveyor belt of assorted niggles, nips, gouges pulls, scrapes, elbows, not mention phlegm flicking.
Here’s Bonzo
Here’s Mousa
And here’s Diego Cost leaving the pitch seemingly eating somebody
Diego Costa is an absolute disgrace – you can see him biting away like the scumbag he is #COYS #CHETOT pic.twitter.com/6gIv9YJecN
— Vincent James (@ArcadianRevelry) May 2, 2016
I take a view that we need to lose this sort of behaviour, sooner rather than later.
Dele Alli wasn’t a hero for punching a West Brom player.
He was stupid.
We missed him last night and we’re fortunate in a way that Leicester were always closer to winning the title than we ever were.
But had the season gone down to the wire, then his absence would have handicapped us.
As it is, we’ll be very lucky if there is no retrospective action against us for the numerous scenes at Stamford Bridge.
In short, Pochettino needs to point his neurolinguistic programming skills at our lot once more, and this time focus upon the complete foolishness of lapsing into Street Fighter II Turbo mode.
Otherwise we played extremely well against a Chelsea team that decided to play for their lives for the very first time this season.
Hugo wasn’t culpable for either goal. Both came after a point in the game where most of our boys were more focused upon snarling ‘wan sum?’, opposed to getting out with the business of playing a game of football.
Toby was as not quite as strong as usual and this may have been because he allowed himself to become distracted.
Verts played to a Champions League level.
Rose actually benefits from being antagonised and it was pleasing to see him put Willian in his place a few times.
Around about the 60th minute, Eric Dier came over all funny and began to believe he was in a remake of Predator.
A minute of two later, Dembele leant over to Eric and was heard to say, ‘if it bleeds, we can kill it’.
Lamela was my MOTM some exquisite touches that – attempting to smash a man’s knuckles into the floor to one side – separated him from much of the malarky.
Eriksen sure as hell got stuck in. Can you do this every week, please?
Son redeemed himself with a cracking finish. Elsewhere he had a decent enough game.
Kane‘s goal was beautifully worked but my admiration goes to him for keeping a cool head, Rudyard Kipling stylee.
Nobody said it was going to perfect or that it would happen overnight.
Chelsea celebrating a draw so that someone else can win a trophy they usually win, shows us that modern football is terminally ill.
On a lighter note…
Harry knew it all along…. pic.twitter.com/6PVOrSy0ls
— Matt Bosworth (@MattBosworth) May 3, 2016
