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| Brazilians David Luiz (Chelsea) and Paulinho (Tottenham) shared post game light moments |
The Spurs seized the initiative in the 19th minute as the combined effort of Christian Eriksen and Roberto Soldado set up Gylfi Sigourdson for a beautiful goal. Eriksen fired a cross to Roberto Soldado who then tap in the ball to the attacking Sigourdson as he smash the ball into the net. Peter Cech outstreched leg did little to stop the Tottenham midfielder to score.
Tottenham threatened to add their lead both by Paulinho. In the 23rd minute, Paulinho almost added a goal after a feed from Soldado gave him enough space to slide the ball to the net only to be foiled by Branislav Ivanovic. In the 45th minute, it was Andros Townsend's turn to cross to Paulinho only that his close range effort was off target.
In the second half, Chelsea repeatedly peppered the Tottenham goal in search for an equaliser. Just at the start of the second half, Ramires lobbed a pass to John Terry whose header went high above the crossbar. In the 48th minute, Fernando Torres fired a cross to Oscar but his sliding attempt was off target. Torres rifled again in the 53rd minute but his attempt was timely blocked by Hugo Lloris. In the 57th minute, Mata's goal was also ruled offside.
Chelsea finally break in the scoring table as John Terry scored through a glancing header from a free kick by Juan Mata in the 65th minute.
It was a tussle from then on from both sides. The game was marred by an ugly incident involving Jon Vertonghen and Fernando Torres in a collision in the 81st minute. The referee issued and second yellow card to Fernando Torres and in effect sent him off with just 9 minutes left in the game. Tottenham however failed to capitalize the underhanded Chelsea side as they failed to add their score despite the efforts of Mousa Dembele, Gylfi Sigourdson and Jermain Defoe in the dying minutes of the game. In the end, both teams settled for a draw.
