Cole Palmer of Chelsea is bombarded by paper
Cole Palmer had paper thrown at him by Tottenham fans
Tottenham could be fined by the Football Association after their supporters threw objects onto the pitch during the defeat by Chelsea.
Spurs were beaten 4-3 by their London rivals on Sunday evening in an action-packed Premier League match. The home side raced into a 2-0 lead inside 11 minutes thanks to goals from Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski before Chelsea roared back.
Jadon Sancho’s powerful strike, two penalties from Cole Palmer and a goal from Enzo Fernandez put them 4-2 up before Son Heung-min’s late consolation. There were plenty of other incidents on the pitch, too, with Kulusevski and Moises Caicedo perhaps fortunate to escape red cards in the first half. The match was played in a loud atmosphere at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which spilled over during the first half.
Before the match, Spurs fans in the South Stand were issued with pieces of paper to create a giant tifo which read "audere est facere" – Latin for “to dare is to do”, the club’s motto. Those pieces of paper were then thrown onto the pitch by some fans when Chelsea’s players came to take corners at that end of the ground.
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The FA is understood to be investigating the incidents and will review footage as well as referee Anthony Taylor’s match report before potentially taking further action. To compound a poor result against their rivals, Tottenham could be fined for the actions of their fans.
Palmer, Fernandez, Sancho and Pedro Neto were among those targeted while they tried to take set pieces. Taylor was called over to deal with the issue, with stewards helping Chelsea’s players to clear the pitch of the objects which had been thrown in their direction.
Stewards clear the pitch of paper flyers
The paper had to be cleared off the pitch by stewards on a few occasions
“Where are the people in the stands, the stewards? Don't just stand there watching, get in there,” an irritated Jamie Carragher said on Sky Sports. “What are these Tottenham stewards doing? There's three of them behind Cole Palmer just stood there watching him.”
The behaviour of the Spurs fans didn’t seem to affect Palmer, who calmly picked up the material and kicked it off the pitch while waiting for order to be restored before taking his corner. It took him until the second half to really come alive and influence the match for the Blues.
The paper for the pre-match tifo was later thrown at Chelsea players ( Image: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
He coolly converted his first penalty, sending Fraser Forster the wrong way, after Yves Bissouma slid in and fouled Caicedo in the area. The 22-year-old England star dinked his second spot-kick down the middle to make it 4-2 after Pape Sarr clumsily barged him over in the box.
Victory moved Chelsea up to second place, past Arsenal who are held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham on Sunday. Tottenham, by contrast, are 11th following their seventh defeat from 15 league matches this season.
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