Download Video: Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 2 Chelsea
[Premier League] Highlights 2017/18 – Marcos Alonso’s hit an 88th-minute
winner having also stunned Wembley with a brilliant free-kick in
Chelsea’s 2-1 win against Tottenham.
Chelsea
got their Premier League title defence up and running amid late drama
as Marcos Alonso proved to be an unlikely two-goal hero in the 2-1 win
over Tottenham at Wembley.
Last weekend’s shock
opening-day loss at home to Burnley – a match where captain Gary Cahill
and Cesc Fabregas were sent off – and the ongoing saga over Diego
Costa’s future has cast an unwelcome shadow over Stamford Bridge and
sounded unwelcome echoes of the last campaign they entered as champions.
Jose
Mourinho paid with his job before Christmas in 2015 as a squad in
turmoil hovered improbably over the relegation zone but Antonio Conte’s
side allayed doubts over a similar implosion as they turned in a
performance of grit and togetherness at the national stadium.
Alonso
produced the champagne moment in the 24th minute and a remodelled
defence, featuring Andreas Christensen on his first Premier League
start, repelled waves of Tottenham attacks with increasing ease until a
striker undid their good work.
Michy Batshuayi
scored decisively when Chelsea clinched the title at West Brom in May
but the Belgium international headed into his own net in the 82nd minute
– three minutes after coming on.
It left
Alonso to step up thrillingly once more. The wing-back stormed into the
Spurs box to catch out Hugo Lloris at the near post two minutes from
time, leaving Conte to unfurl trademark touchline delirium.
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