Participant rankings as Cole Palmer torments Spurs

Chelsea made an enormous assertion within the Premier League title race as Cole Palmer impressed them to a 4-3 comeback win over Tottenham on Sunday. 

In an epic battle between London rivals, Spurs raced right into a 2-0 lead inside 11 minutes as Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski profited from not one however two Marc Cucurella slips.

Nonetheless, Jadon Sancho hit again simply six minutes later to maintain Chelsea within the match and within the second half, they ran riot.

Palmer drew Chelsea degree simply after the hour mark from the penalty spot, whereas Enzo Fernandez pulled off a superb left-footed volley to present the guests the lead.

And it was Palmer who completed the job within the 84th minute, leaving Fraser Forster red-faced with a Panenka penalty, guaranteeing Son Heung-min’s late strike was nothing greater than a comfort.

Chelsea now sit simply 4 factors adrift of Liverpool within the title race.

Learn on for full participant rankings from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Tottenham vs Chelsea participant rankings: Cole Palmer torments Spurs

Cole Palmer scores for Chelsea in opposition to Spurs. (Photograph by Shaun Botterill/Getty Pictures)

Tottenham participant rankings

Fraser Forster – 7/10 – Spurs would have been out of the sport fairly shortly with out a few very sensible saves from their stand-in goalkeeper.

Pedro Porro – 6/10 – Arrange Kulusevski’s objective after Cucurella’s second slip. Obtained by way of numerous defensive work, making seven recoveries, 5 clearances and a sort out, whereas profitable 5/6 of his mixed floor and aerial duels. Nonetheless, he was too gradual to get to Fernandez for Chelsea’s winner.

Cristian Romero – 6/10 – Barely had the prospect to get going earlier than he got here off injured once more.

Micky van de Ven – 5/10 – Headed a good alternative huge within the second half. Did okay however regarded leggy at instances. Would have benefitted from an early withdrawal however that wasn’t doable as soon as Romero went off, and it resulted in one other hamstring tweak.

Future Udogie – 4/10 – Didn’t affect the sport going ahead as a lot as Porro and was crushed far too simply by Palmer within the build-up to Chelsea’s third.

Yves Bissouma – 3/10 – What was he considering with that lunge on Caicedo? From that second on, you couldn’t see the rest however a Chelsea win on this match.

Pape Sarr – 3/10 – Rattled the crossbar with a header within the first half. Like Bissouma, went in for a ridiculous problem from behind on Palmer.

Dejan Kulusevski – 6/10 – Took his objective brilliantly however was unusually quiet other than that. Kulusevski accomplished simply 9 passes and failed to search out his mark with all three tried crosses.

Brennan Johnson – 6/10 – Reacted brightly to Cucurella’s slip to arrange the primary objective however like Kulusevski, was nearly a passenger till coming off injured.

Dominic Solanke – 7/10 – Took his objective properly and created a few openings however discovered himself too remoted.

Son Heung-min – 6/10 – Appeared completely bereft of confidence in entrance of objectives, lacking one other couple of huge possibilities, however lastly bought on the scoresheet on the finish. Nonetheless, he must up his recreation shortly to cease Spurs fading into obscurity this season.

Substitutes:

Radu Dragusin (15′, for Romero) – 6/10 – To not be blamed for the objectives and managed a couple of vital blocks to cease issues from getting any worse.

Timo Werner (53′, for Johnson) – 3/10 – Was he on the pitch for that lengthy?

James Maddison (79′, for Kulusevski) – 6/10 – Not given lengthy sufficient to get going.

Archie Grey (79′, for Van de Ven) – 6/10 – Did okay given the scenario he was thrown into.

Lucas Bergvall (79′, for Bissouma) – 6/10 – As above.

Chelsea participant rankings

Robert Sanchez – 4/10 – Didn’t cowl himself in glory with the objectives because of some terrible positioning and his kicking was manner huge of the mark at instances.

Moises Caicedo – 8/10 – Improved drastically when moved into midfield, pushing Spurs again and serving to Chelsea dictate.

Benoit Badiashile – 6/10 – Appeared very uncomfortable taking part in on the precise of the centre-backs however improved when switching to the left.

Levi Colwill – 6/10 – Missed a good likelihood early on and misplaced Solanke on Spurs’ opener, however improved after that to make some vital interventions.

Marc Cucurella – 5/10 – Can we charge his boots? They’d get a 1/10 if that’s the case! In all seriousness, truthful play to Cucurella for what was a superb efficiency after slipping twice to assist Spurs go 2-0 up.

Romeo Lavia – 7/10 – Accomplished all 28 of his passes within the first half and was exhibiting some actual moments of sophistication earlier than being hooked to get Malo Gusto, a pure right-back, onto the sector.

Enzo Fernandez – 8/10 – Managed the tempo within the center and took his objective brilliantly on his left foot.

Pedro Neto – 7/10 – Appeared on the sting of brilliance however stood out most for his relentless work charge.

Cole Palmer – 9/10 – Took his penalties splendidly, making a idiot of Forster on the second. Was devastating from open play, too, finishing a match-high 4 dribbles and creating 4 possibilities.

Jadon Sancho – 8/10 – Scored an outstanding objective to get Chelsea again into the sport and had Porro on the again foot all through.

Nicolas Jackson – 4/10 – Supplied a good bodily outlet however was manner off the mark on the ball. Missed the goal with all three of his photographs, failed to finish any of his 5 dribbles and was unsuccessful together with his one tried cross.

Substitutes: 

Malo Gusto (46′, for Lavia) – 8/10 – Brought on havoc within the remaining third and helped Chelsea tremendously with the stability he supplied.

Christopher Nkunku (76′, for Jackson) – 5/10 – Didn’t get into the sport.

Noni Madueke (86′, for Neto) – 5/10 – Not given lengthy sufficient to affect the match.

Renato Veiga (90′, for Cucurella) – N/A – Introduced on on the finish.

Joao Felix (90′, for Palmer) – N/A – As above.