Yves Bissouma has apologised for his role in Tottenham Hotspur's 4-3 defeat to Chelsea. The 28-year-old midfielder was penalised for fouling Moises Caicedo inside the box on the hour-mark, gifting Cole Palmer the chance to equalise from the penalty spot.
He fired the ball past Fraser Forster and inspired a brilliant comeback for the Blues. Enzo Fernandez put Chelsea ahead with a quarter of an hour still to play before Palmer scored a second penalty to extend his side's lead in North London.
In the dying embers of stoppage time, Son Heung-min pulled one back for Tottenham. But, with just seconds left on the clock, it was too late and Enzo Maresca's side waltzed away with three crucial points in the Premier League title race.
Speaking on Sky Sports during the heavyweight bout, Jamie Carragher described Bissouma as 'brain dead' for his lunging challenge on Caicedo. The former Liverpool defender said: "I've said all day that some of the things Tottenham players do is absolutely ridiculous.
"It's a certain penalty, and it was his (Bissouma's) mistake initially on the far side, losing the ball to [Pedro] Neto. And he maybe comes flying across thinking, 'I've got to try and rectify this in some way'. He was really poor on the first challenge on Neto. That is absolutely brain dead. I mean, who'd be a manager?"
Then, after the game, Bissouma broke his silence with an emotional statement on his Instagram story. The Tottenham midfielder apologised for his mistake and accepted responsibility for the defeat to Chelsea.
He wrote: "I'm so sad for that mistake it's burning me because we lost the game today from this mistake I feel sorry for my teammates staff and fans I take all the responsibility for that one I'll learn from this one it's time now to show the real me. Thanks for all the support."
During his post-match press conference, Ange Postecoglou labelled the fouls on Caicedo and Palmer for each of the penalties as 'unnecessary'. The Spurs boss said: "In the second half they came out and put us under pressure.
"I felt we were handling it not too badly and then when they scored we had a big moment at 2-2 to go 3-2 up and in these kind of games, those moments are important. We don't take it and then both penalties were poor on our behalf.
"They're self-inflicted and unnecessary challenges. We've given them two goals away for no reason and given ourselves a mountain to climb which proved too hard."
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