Tottenham snatch late draw with Chelsea in feisty London derby

Tottenham grabbed the latest of equalisers at Chelsea on Sunday at Stamford Bridge, with Harry Kane nodding in from a corner in the 96th minute to rescue a 2-2 draw.

Kalidou Koulibaly opened the scoring just 19 minutes in with a superb volley from a corner, as the centre-back looked every bit the centre-forward with the accomplished finish to put Chelsea ahead.

The home side were dominating the game, but the visitors got an equaliser 68 minutes in through Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, but it was the build-up which incensed the Chelsea boss as Kai Havertz appeared to be fouled. As Antonio Conte celebrated and Thomas Tuchel fumed, the pair clashed and both received yellow cards.

It was Tuchel celebrating shortly afterwards, though, as Reece James raced into the box and Raheem Sterling laid the ball on a plate for him to fire past Hugo Lloris and complete the scoring on 77 minutes.

It looked like Chelsea were getting all three points, but it was Kane who got his head to the ball form an in-swinging corner deep into stoppage time and got the draw.

There was another clash between the managers at full-time when they went to shake hands, with an intense squaring up, before both were shown red cards.

It was a lively start from both sides but Chelsea started to get the better of the opening stages, with their wing-backs seeing a lot of the ball.

Kai Havertz forced a smart save from Hugo Lloris, but the Frenchman’s touch wide with his boot only produced a corner, which led to the Blues opening the scoring.

Marc Cucurella found fellow summer signing Koulibaly unmarked in the penalty area and the centre-back impressively, and emphatically, volleyed home.

It was a great hit from Koulibaly, but it was certainly bizarre that Spurs had left the giant