Maurizio Sarri’s team were left frazzled by the craft of Eriksen, Alli and Son and the return of Spurs’ high press
With 16 minutes gone at Wembley it was clear the witching hour was at hand. Strange things had already begun to happen. Chelsea’s custard-yellow shirts seemed to be moving through a heavier gravity. Moussa Sissoko had just picked up the ball in midfield and slalomed away from two Chelsea players, legs flailing like a drunken Zidane. No doubt in the rows of suburban houses beyond the glare of the stadium the cats began to bark, the dogs miaowed and the birds flew backwards.
At which point, with Tottenham already 1-0 up, David Luiz seemed to wink out of existence completely; to take a breath, pinch his nose and disappear into the night air just as Harry Kane’s shot passed through the space where he had been standing and bounced on into the corner of the Chelsea net.
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