Home Football In Chelsea’s incredible victory over Tottenham, hat trick hero Nicolas Jackson delighted Blues fans with a celebration worthy of Cristiano Ronaldo

In Chelsea’s incredible victory over Tottenham, hat trick hero Nicolas Jackson delighted Blues fans with a celebration worthy of Cristiano Ronaldo

Football — 11/07/2023

The Chelsea striker squandered three easy opportunities at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday night that would have given him two hat tricks.The Blues’ 4-1 victory over Tottenham in north London halted the Spurs’ Premier League winless record, but that only tells part of the story.

Jackson scored three goals in the final minutes to give Mauricio Pochettino a triumphant return to his former club. In imitation of Ronaldo’s famous celebration, Pochettino danced in front of the visiting fans while pulling out the siu.

However, the 22-year-old was also responsible for three missed opportunities when the score was 1-1 and Tottenham had a man advantage.

Despite Chelsea’s apparent dominance in the second half, Tottenham hung on after Destiny Udogie’s dismissal in the 55th minute.

In the 75th minute, the Blues seized the lead after Spurs stubbornly maintained a very high line on the halfway line.

Raheem Sterling was given space on the wing and found Jackson for an easy tap-in.

In the 94th and 97th minutes, the Senegalese international scored in same fashion to complete his hat trick, his first in the Premier League.

Despite having chances with nine men, Tottenham appeared disheartened after their players raced towards the Chelsea fans and pulled out the Ronaldo celebration.Before Chelsea went up 3-1, Eric Dier had a volley disallowed shortly after they grabbed the lead and Heung-min Son had a late attempt saved by Sanchez.

Spurs scored first thanks to a lightning-fast start from Dejan Kulusevski, and it was like they did it a century ago.

The Sweden international’s deflected effort off Levi Colwill saw Spurs take the lead and Son was centimeters away from increasing the lead when VAR ruled out his effort.

After 27 minutes, Cole Palmer scored from the penalty spot to make it even after Cristian Romero was sent off for a high challenge on Enzo Fernandez.

Before that, the visiting team had two goals disallowed, one each by Raheem Sterling and Moises Caicedo.

With a man advantage, it appeared only a matter of time before Chelsea took the lead after Udogie was sent off just after the half for a second yellow card challenge on Sterling.

But Guglielmo Vicario showed his worth by collecting every ball played over the top and preventing multiple goals by Jackson, who was nonetheless wasteful in front of goal.