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Tottenham threw away a 2-0 lead against Chelsea on Sunday afternoon.
Dominic Solanke gave his side the lead after five minutes before Dejan Kulusevski made it 2-0 in the 11th. The latter, however, was lucky to stay on the pitch later in the game according to former Premier League referee Keith Hackett.
Kulusevski was seen to elbow Romeo Lavia just before half-time, when running in for a challenge against the Chelsea midfielder. It meant that there were shouts for both teams to receive a red, after Moises Caicedo escaped a sending-off for his challenge on Pape Matar Sarr earlier in the game.
Hackett believed that the Kulusevski challenge was easily a red card. He told TottenhamHotspurNews: “That deliberate elbow by Spurs (shirt number) 21 should have resulted in a red card.”
The former referee deemed the Sweden international’s elbow to be deliberate, a matter which was open for debate during the game.
Kulusevski escapes three-match ban
Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou will be delighted that the midfielder didn’t receive a red card as it would have forced him to miss the next three Premier League games.
They currently sit 11th in the league, seven points away from the top four. They next play against bottom-of-the-league Southampton, before two very tough games against league leaders Liverpool and then surprise European candidates Nottingham Forest on Boxing Day.
It will be a big boost for Tottenham to still have Kulusevski in the ranks as fellow midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur remains suspended. His comments about teammate Heung-Min Son were deemed to be racist, which resulted in a seven-match ban. He won’t return until the game against Forest on Boxing Day.
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Several Spurs players remain out
Wilson Odobert and Ben Davies are also out and both are being assessed over their current hamstring injuries. Neither are back in training yet. Whereas Mikey Moore is close to a return and could feature in Spurs’ next game against Rangers on Thursday night.
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