Jacksons Hat-trick Helps Chelsea End Spurs Unbeaten Run

A Nicolas Jackson hat-trick and Cole Palmers spot kick saw Chelsea hammer nine-man Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 in a chaotic Monday night clash.

Jackson becomes the third Chelsea player after
Tore Andr Flo (1997) and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (2002) to score a hat-trick against Spurs.

Dejan Kulusevskis deflected shot put Spurs ahead after six minutes but it went into reverse at alarming speed from the moment Cristian Romero returned to his old reckless ways.

The Argentine was fortunate to escape a sending off for kicking out at Levi Colwill but could not resist following through on international team-mate Enzo Fernandez, picking up a red card and allowing Cole Palmer to equalise from the spot on 35 minutes.

Spurs night went rapidly downhill from then on as Van de Ven, one of the Premier League players of the season after his arrival from Wolfsburg, collapsed clutching his hamstring as he raced back to halt a Chelsea attack, before Maddison also went off after appearing to pick up an ankle injury.

Van de Ven and Maddison are very near the top of players Postecoglou could not afford to lose. The Dutchmans injury looked serious while Spurs will hope Maddison is not sidelined for too long.

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Like Romero, Destiny Udogie was lucky to escape a red card for an early lunge on Raheem Sterling but a rash, late dive into another tackle early in the second half on the same player left referee Oliver no option but to send him off.

This meant that, after just over an hour of play, only three of the outfield players who started the match for Spurs were still out there.