Tottenham 2-0 Chelsea: Twitter reacts as Spurs put Graham Potter on the brink
Goals from Oliver Skipp and Harry Kane ensured a comfortable win for Tottenham over Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday.
The defeat leaves Graham Potter on the brink of being sacked, with his team dropping down to 10th in the table having not won any of their last four league matches.
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Early in the game, Chelsea were dealt yet another injury blow to what's been an ailment plagued season for Graham Potter's men. The club captain Thiago Silva suffered a knock early on and was replaced by Wesley Fofana - a bitter blow for Chelsea heading into a crucial part of the season.
Vital interception from Thiago Silva moments ago, but it's left today's skipper carrying a knock.
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) February 26, 2023
An early change as he's replaced by Wesley Fofana. 🔄#TotChe pic.twitter.com/V0HOQLVU7U
Thiago Silva injured. I want to cry.
— Conn (@ConnCFC) February 26, 2023
The first looked set to meander toward its conclusion without either team looking remotely capable of doing anything of note - that was until the third minute of added time at the end of the half when all hell broke loose.
Following a bust-up involving Hakim Ziyech, Emerson Royal, Kai Havertz and Richarlison, Ziyech was initially shown a red card for pushing Emerson in the face but after a lengthy VAR review the red card was rescinded.
And it's fair to say that people weren't particularly happy with Stuart Atwell's handling of the situation...
All PL refs are pretty bad but only Stuart Atwell gets caught in such nonsense in big games like this on a consistent basis
— Sean Walsh (@SeanDZWalsh) February 26, 2023
Stuart Atwell has handled that so badly. He brandishes red card before looking at incident, then looks at it & rescinds it. Surely you look at it first 🤷♂️ You couldn’t make it up. Referees 🤦
— Alan Cawley (@alancaw) February 26, 2023
Immediately after the restart, Oliver Skipp gave Tottenahm Hotspur the lead with his first ever goal for the club.
The academy product latched onto a loose ball on the edge of the box and brilliantly thumped the ball into the roof of the net.
Real ones remember. pic.twitter.com/vWT6a5IUyl
— Sean Walsh (@SeanDZWalsh) February 26, 2023
Oliver Skipp you absolute beauty 😍 so buzzed for him #COYS
— Ben Haines (@benhainess) February 26, 2023
Despite going behind, Chelsea continued to look rather lifeless in the final third, failing to create anything of note throughout the second 45.
The Blues played like a team that were actually down to ten men.
How long did it take for those exciting new players to look as devoid of ideas as our older ones? Under a month.
— Daniel Childs (@SonOfChelsea) February 26, 2023
Chelsea's misery was then compounded in the 82nd minute when Harry Kane latched onto an Eric Dier flick on at the near post to tap home Tottenham's second goal of the game.
Tottenham Twitter rejoiced:
2-0, Kane!!!
— Sean Walsh (@SeanDZWalsh) February 26, 2023
268 goals and counting for Harry Kane 🐐 #COYS pic.twitter.com/ILZLKbugse
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) February 26, 2023
Chelsea Twitter did the opposite...obviously:
This just cannot continue.
— Daniel Childs (@SonOfChelsea) February 26, 2023