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Jackson treble proves decisive as Chelsea win thriller at nine-man Spurs
Tempers flare between players at the final whistle

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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