An absolute disaster of an opening ten minutes saw Chelsea go two goals behind, with slips from Marc Cucurella allowing Brennan Johnson in twice, and Spurs not asking questions about how, when, or why.
Chelsea were clearly rattled, but a nice goal from Jadon Sancho settled us back down — though mistakes in possession remained frequent and the game just became more of a back-and-forth affair with chances at either end.
The Blues made a much better start to the half, exerting control and pressure and only some excellent goalkeeping kept Spurs ahead.
But there was nothing Fraser Forster could do against Cole Palmer from the spot, after Moisés Caicedo burst into the box to win a clear penalty.
Having equalized, and survived a moment of ill-focus that led to a 1-v-1 from Son, Chelsea pressed for the lead. And we didn’t have to wait too long, Enzo Fernández lashing one in with this left foot — Palmer instrumental in setting that up.
And then the icing on this most wonderful cake arrived, with Palmer winning a penalty, which he then dispatched with a delightfully cheeky Panenka.
Winter is coming, baby.
Spurs got a late consolation, but thankfully they ran out of time to do anything more.
Carefree.
* Just one change from last weekend, and that enforced by injury, with Badiashile coming in for Fofana
* That gameplan scrapped at halftime with Gusto coming on for Lavia
* Third goal in the last four games for Enzo
* Palmer now on 11 league goals
* Neto suspended for the next league game (Brenford) after getting his fifth yellow
* Imagine going to a football game just to throw trash at players
* Chelsea move two points clear of Arsenal who dropped points earlier today, and close to within four points of league-leaders [Liverpool](https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/), whose game was called off due to weather
* Next up: Astana waaaay away in the Conference League
* KTBFFH
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