Player ratings as Cole Palmer torments Spurs

Chelsea made a big statement in the Premier League title race as Cole Palmer inspired them to a 4-3 comeback win over Tottenham on Sunday. 

In an epic battle between London rivals, Spurs raced into a 2-0 lead inside 11 minutes as Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski profited from not one but two Marc Cucurella slips.

However, Jadon Sancho hit back just six minutes later to keep Chelsea in the match and in the second half, they ran riot.

Palmer drew Chelsea level just after the hour mark from the penalty spot, while Enzo Fernandez pulled off an excellent left-footed volley to give the visitors the lead.

And it was Palmer who finished the job in the 84th minute, leaving Fraser Forster red-faced with a Panenka penalty, ensuring Son Heung-min’s late strike was nothing more than a consolation.

Chelsea now sit just four points adrift of Liverpool in the title race.

Read on for full player ratings from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Tottenham vs Chelsea player ratings: Cole Palmer torments Spurs

Tottenham player ratings

Fraser Forster – 7/10 – Spurs would have been out of the game quite quickly without a couple of very smart saves from their stand-in goalkeeper.

Pedro Porro – 6/10 – Set up Kulusevski’s goal after Cucurella’s second slip. Got through a lot of defensive work, making seven recoveries, five clearances and a tackle, while winning 5/6 of his combined ground and aerial duels. However, he was too slow to get to Fernandez for Chelsea’s winner.

Cristian Romero – 6/10 – Barely had the chance to get going before he came off injured again.

Micky van de Ven – 5/10 – Headed a decent opportunity wide in the second half. Did okay but looked leggy at times. Would have benefitted from an early withdrawal but that wasn’t possible once Romero went off, and it resulted in another hamstring tweak.

Destiny Udogie – 4/10 – Didn’t influence the game going forward as much as Porro and was beaten far too easily by Palmer in the build-up to Chelsea’s third.

Yves Bissouma – 3/10 – What was he thinking with that lunge on Caicedo? From that moment on, you couldn’t see anything else but a Chelsea win in this match.

Pape Sarr – 3/10 – Rattled the crossbar with a header in the first half. Like Bissouma, went in for a ridiculous challenge from behind on Palmer.

Dejan Kulusevski – 6/10 – Took his goal brilliantly but was unusually quiet apart from that….