First the passion killer. The opening goal was always going to be vital, given the result from the first leg of this Carabao Cup semi-final and, when Antonio Rüdiger scored it for Chelsea, it felt as if that were that. Thomas Tuchel’s European champions are not in the habit of conceding three goals in a game. It has only happened three times under him.
Then the high jinx, which brought the entertainment value, at least for the neutral and the travelling Chelsea supporters. It was not funny for Tottenham, who saw the referee, Andre Marriner, wrongly award them two penalties that he had to rescind after advice from the VAR, Mike Dean, and then disallow a Harry Kane goal on 63 minutes. Marriner was told by Dean that Kane was in an offside position.
