{"id":294435,"date":"2023-11-07T00:25:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T00:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294435"},"modified":"2023-11-07T00:25:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T00:25:15","slug":"spurs-were-let-down-by-ill-discipline-against-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/spurs-were-let-down-by-ill-discipline-against-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs were let down by &apos;ill discipline&apos;  against Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gary Neville insists Spurs fans are right to be &#8216;proud&#8217; of their nine-man team as he blames &#8216;ill discipline&#8217; and &#8216;recklessness&#8217; for defeat<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gary Neville believes Tottenham were let down by &#8216;ill discipline&#8217; against Chelsea<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Destiny Udogie and Cristian Romero were both sent off in the derby for Spurs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CHRIS SUTTON: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is a CLOWN &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville heaped praise on Tottenham and Chelsea for producing &#8216;box office&#8217; football in Monday&#8217;s fierce London derby.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea inflicted a first defeat of the season on Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s title-challenging Spurs side as a Nicolas Jackson hattrick condemned the hosts to a 4-1 hammering.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neville believes Tottenham supporters were let down by &#8216;ill discipline&#8217; and a &#8216;lack of composure&#8217; after being reduced to just nine-men but credited the Spurs players who remained on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Argentinian defender Romero was shown a straight red card in the first half for a dangerous challenge on Chelsea&#8217;s Enzo Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p>Udogie was next to follow as he was sent walking after being booked for a second reckless challenge on Raheem Sterling after already escaping a red card earlier in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham had a chance to try and salvage what would have been an astonishing draw at the end of the match when captain Son Heung-min was played through but dragged his shot wide.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/22\/77478913-12717657-image-a-49_1699310194167.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cristian Romero was the first Tottenham player to be sent off in Monday&#8217;s defeat against Chelsea<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/22\/77478897-12717657-image-a-48_1699310185349.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Destiny Udogie was then sent off in the second half after receiving a second yellow card<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/23\/77480161-12717657-image-a-64_1699312844981.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dejan Kulusevski initially opened the scoring for Tottenham against Chelsea on Monday<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea eventually wore Tottenham down with Jackson scoring three times in the final 20 minutes of the match, although Spurs supporters still clapped their players off the pitch after a spirited performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve ever seen a team get beat 4-1 and get a standing ovation. It&#8217;s a mad, mad night. Crazy from start to finish,&#8217; Neville told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ange Postecoglou will be proud of the players who stayed on the pitch. It was an exciting, explosive and mad game in the end.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s ill discipline from a couple of players. Those fans haven&#8217;t been let down by officials, they&#8217;ve been let down by a lack of composure, and recklessness from Romero and Udogie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They can be proud of the ones out there on the pitch and how the manager has set them up with nine-men.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/22\/77478915-12717657-image-a-50_1699310842397.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville slammed the Tottenham duo for their red cards against Chelsea in Monday&#8217;s derby<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/22\/77479413-12717657-image-a-51_1699311049877.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea eventually ran out 4-1 victors in Monday&#8217;s London derby at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fallen at the end but Chelsea have never felt comfortable in the game until now,&#8217; added Neville.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs sacrificed the chance to jump back to the top of the Premier League standings, with reigning champions Man City now one point clear.<\/p>\n<p>However, injuries also hampered them against Chelsea with James Maddison worryingly being hooked from the match during the first half.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/23\/77480143-12717657-image-a-63_1699312810599.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea and Tottenham played out a high-octane derby full of flare ups and boiling points<\/p>\n<p>Matters were made worse as Micky van de Ven pulled up in a footrace with Nicolas Jackson with initial fears concerning a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n<p>The drama of the match continued up until the final whistle and Carragher described the fixture as one of the most &#8216;enjoyable games&#8217; he had watched.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve been watching football for almost 40 years and certainly as a neutral, I would say that was one of the most enjoyable games I&#8217;ve seen for so many different reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was absolutely box office and that is why the Premier League is the best league in the world by an absolute country mile!,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12717657\/Tottenham-discipline-Gary-Neville-Spurs-Destiny-Udogie-Cristian-Romero-Chelsea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Gary Neville insists Spurs fans are right to be &#8216;proud&#8217; of their nine-man team as he blames &#8216;ill discipline&#8217; and &#8216;recklessness&#8217; for defeat Gary Neville <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/spurs-were-let-down-by-ill-discipline-against-chelsea\/\" title=\"Spurs were let down by &amp;apos;ill discipline&amp;apos; 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