Harry Kane’s injury-time goal snatched a 2-2 draw for Tottenham at Chelsea with Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte shown red cards after furious clashes
For connoisseurs of football managers’ handshakes, this was the reward for those hours of dedication. For everyone else it was the inevitable conclusion to an afternoon that had hit boiling point during a second half of twists, turns and raw vitriol.
It made for a follow-up, six years on, to the infamous Battle of the Bridge and there was more to digest during the final half-hour than most matches produce in their entirety.had merited their lead, given by Kalidou Koulibaly’s wonderfully executed volley in the 19th minute; they had been faster, stronger, cleverer and more creative than Spurs, while this was one of those days when several clones of N’Golo Kanté seem to have invaded the pitch.
Instead he took exception to Conte’s characteristically vein-throbbing celebration, which appeared to have been aimed in his direction, barging into the Italian and setting in train a short-lived screaming match. Backroom staff and substitutes piled in, some keener to keep the peace than others, and both men had to be led away before a drinks break temporarily cooled things.
Boehly had been greeted before the game, more than a little cloyingly, by a giant banner bearing his likeness that was passed along the Matthew Harding stand. Opposite, the Shed End displayed a tapestry reading “Welcome to the house of fun, Todd and Co”. By the end that descriptor undersold what this venue had staged.
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