A game marred by multiple player clashes and a touchline feud
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On one hand, Tottenham were desperate to delay the title race for at least another week. On the other hand, Chelsea were determined to stop their London rivals from doing exactly that. It was a game high on intensity and passion, but it could have done without the countless player clashes and angry reactions post fouls.
Mark Clattenburg – a referee who usually gives players chances to redeem themselves after a bad tackle – was forced to dish out 12 yellow cards (9 of them to Spurs), a true reflection of how ugly the game was.
The showdown between Willian and Danny Rose and Mousa Dembele’s apparent poke at Diego Costa’s eye were just two of a plethora of unpleasant incidents that overshadowed a brilliant game of football on a day which will go down in history books as the day Leicester City were unbelievably crowned champions.
The tension boiled over at the end of the game when Mauricio Pochettino was found at the epicentre of a touchline feud which saw a brawl between the two sets of players. Spurs were obviously not pleased at the prospect of having lost out on the title race, while Chelsea enjoyed the sadistic pleasure of ending Spurs title challenge – even though, ironically, it meant that they had conceded their tag of Champions to Leicester City.
