There were some very shameful scenes on display as Chelsea came back from a two-goal deficit to hold Tottenham to a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge last night.
The Spurs needed to win the game to keep their title bid on track and there were tempers boiling all over the pitch. Referee Mark Clattenburg had to dish out 12 yellow cards (nine for Spurs and thre for Chelsea) during the game and it was only a miracle that no player was sent off during the game.
Tottenham Hotspur become the first team in the history of the @PremierLeague to receive 9 yellow cards in one game. #THFC
— Daily Hotspur (@Daily_Hotspur) 2 mei 2016
The result ended Spurs’ hopes of winning their first league title since 1961. While the city of Leicester is in a party mood as the Foxes have been crowned league champions for the first time in their history.
Here are all the scuffles that broke out at Stamford Bridge last night:
Things boiled over at the end of the first-half, following Danny Rose’s tackle on Willian. Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino had to enter the pitch to break the altercation.
Willian made me love him so much. Rose puts hands on him, he shuts that down & just tosses Pochettino out the way. pic.twitter.com/PxeOE1XbAF
— amadí tídíane thiam (@amadoit2) May 2, 2016
In the melee of the previous incident, Spurs midfielder Mousa Dembele was caught gauging the eye of Chelsea forward Diego Costa. He could be slapped with a ban for his action.
Wonder if Dembele will get punished for this. If Costa did it, he would be crucified by the mediahttps://t.co/SLPjD5zsjT
— Juan Direction (@JuanDirection57) May 2, 2016
Here’s Willian showing off his Premier League Champions badge to Tottenham fans.
This has made my life. Willian pointing at the Champions Badge after ruining Spurs’ league hopes…
I’m done.
— Uber Chelsea FC (@UberCheIseaFC) May 2, 2016
Then there were couple of nasty challenges from Eric Dier and a stamp on Cesc Fabregas’ hand by Eric Lamela.
Dier with a sensational tackle! pic.twitter.com/6fw4VCxvlT
— Martin Rowley (@mrowley1990) May 2, 2016
#Tottenham suffers the equaliser and #Dier does this horrible tackle https://t.co/4ZCvBxh0zR
— José Tavares (@yconoclast) May 2, 2016
Kyle Walker even threw a nose snot at Costa!
!! KYLE WALKER THROWS SNOT AT DIEGO COSTA. SNOT. https://t.co/U6izw8J8xp
— Dr Cork Gaines (@CorkGaines) May 2, 2016
Things got heated up once again as both teams were entering the tunnel following the final whistle and Guus Hiddink was knocked over.
Guus is knocked over in the melee at the end of the #Cfcvspurs game pic.twitter.com/ZnOkswW2jv
— Jonathan Kydd (@Jonathankydd) May 2, 2016
However, the real winner on the night was this guy.
And here is the real victor of all the scraps from tonight pic.twitter.com/XluzzRYwoS
— Sai** (@gunnerthoughts) May 2, 2016