Jackson scores a hat-trick as Chelsea beat nine-man Spurs

• Chelsea overcame a 1-0 deficit to overcome London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 4-1, handing them their first Premier League loss of the year.
• A Cole Palmer penalty negated Dejan Kulusevski’s deflected opening goal after Cristian Romero was sent off.
• In the final 20 minutes, Nicolas Jackson scored three goals allowing Chelsea to claim the victory.

Chelsea overcame a 1-0 deficit to overcome London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 4-1, handing them their first Premier League loss of the year.

Two goals, four more that were disallowed for offside, one red card, and two players forced off due to injury capped a first half that lasted 57 minutes, including 12 minutes of stoppage time. It was an incredible evening of mayhem and carnage.

After Cristian Romero was sent off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a reckless challenge inside the area, one of many VAR reviews later, Cole Palmer’s penalty canceled out Dejan Kulusevski’s deflected opening goal.

A Cole Palmer penalty negated Dejan Kulusevski’s deflected opening goal after Cristian Romero was sent off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a careless challenge inside the area after one of numerous VAR replays.

In the final 20 minutes, Nicolas Jackson scored three goals, with more goals disallowed for offside at both ends, allowing Chelsea to claim the victory in an iconic Premier League match on Mauricio Pochettino’s return to his old club. Spurs were reduced to nine men just ten minutes after the second half after Destiny Udogie received two yellow cards.

Dejan Kulusevski scored the game’s first goal. Photo/Chelsea FC

Chelsea had wanted to calm down the home crowd and tire out Spurs in the first few minutes, but a deflected goal from Kulusevski put the Blues behind the goal within the first six minutes.

The Swedish winger was able to cut inside and find himself in plenty of space down the right flank. He then sent a shot at goal, but it took a cruel deflection off the back of Colwill and ended up in the bottom corner.

After an incredible sweeping move by the hosts, Son Heung-min believed he had doubled Spurs’ advantage at the opposite end, but a VAR review slightly judged the South Korean forward offside.

Just after the half-hour mark, Jackson was judged to be interfering with play and Chelsea’s club-record acquisition Caicedo was denied his first goal as a Blue.

The drama didn’t stop there, either, as VAR instructed on-field referee Michael Oliver to go to the pitchside monitor in order to evaluate Romero’s subsequent vicious challenge.

Jackson scored the Chelsea’s second goal. Photo/Chelsea

After Oliver decided to point to the spot and give Romero a straight red card, Palmer scored from the spot kick on the 35-minute mark, beating Vicario’s best attempt with his fingers to the goal.

Vicario was Tottenham’s hero in the second half as the Italian made several vital stops to keep the score tied. He first made a double stop to stop Jackson and Palmer before denying substitute Cucurella, who raced through on goal but could only manage a weak right-footed effort on goal.

Vicario was deserving of much praise, but Chelsea kept up the pressure on Tottenham’s absurdly high line. Their perseverance in the closing stages paid off in the 75th minute, as Sterling evaded the offside trap and skillfully set up Jackson for an easy first-time finish from about eight yards out.

Then, in the fourth minute of stoppage time, Jackson met a cross from Conor Gallagher to tap in his second goal of the game to give the West Londoners the win. Spurs were taken off guard.

Following Chelsea‘s impressive night in North London, where they cut through Tottenham’s defense like a knife through butter, the Senegalese summer signing then completed his hat-trick and took his Premier League goal total to five in the 97th minute, circling Vicario and slotting home another close-range finish.