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Tottenham Hotspur 1–4 Chelsea
by Layth Yousif
at the new White Hart Lane
EXPLOSIVE, captivating, combustible. Choose your adjective after an incident-packed match full of mayhem and chaos in N17.
For this was the Premier League in a microcosm, an enthralling, maddening, glorious contradiction. A relentlessly action-packed match with controversial incidents and enough talking points to last a full season.
In a thrilling game under the lights in front of 61,726 spectators on Monday evening, Ange Postocoglu’s side lost their unbeaten record, and their heads, after Chelsea beat them 4-1, ruining their best start to a season since 1960-61.
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