Premier League reaction: Chelsea beat Spurs in thriller

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou recently spent a night in London's West End watching "King Lear" at the invitation of Spurs-supporting actor Sir Kenneth Branagh.

It is hard to imagine the action in Theatreland matched the dramatic production his side staged alongside Chelsea on an utterly chaotic night in north London.

The fatalistic Tottenham fans who viewed their superb start to the season as too good to be true had their worst fears realised in this a crazy, controversial 4-1 defeat.

No-one can accuse Spurs or Postecoglou of doing things by halves. Not after this.

This was the first time things have really gone seriously wrong for Spurs this season - and they went wrong in the most spectacular fashion in one of the most mind-boggling Premier League games of recent memory.

Spurs fans rolled up the High Road buoyed by the optimism and positivity brought by Postecoglou, knowing victory would put them back on top of the Premier League.

Instead, the wreckage of ill-discipline, red cards, injuries to key players and a painful loss with nine men piled around Postecoglou's feet like rubble.

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