A brace from Delle Alli ended Chelsea’s 13-match winning streak and dashed their hopes of making Premier League history with 14 successive wins.
Needing a win to open up an 8-point lead at the top, Chelsea started brightly and Eden Hazard had a golden opportunity to score the opener when he had just Hugo Lloris to beat but the Belgian hit wide of the far post. Mauricio Pochettino’s men soon found their rhythm and took a deserving lead just before the half-time when Alli headed home from a Christian Eriksen cross. Chelsea replied immediately after the break as Diego Costa and Hazard came close to scoring. However, Alli put the game out of Chelsea’s reach by once again nodding home from an Eriksen cross.
The win has now reduced Chelsea’s lead to five points while the home team moved back in the top four with the convincing win.
Let us see how the Twitterati reacted to the match:
Losing 1 game after winning 13 PL in a row, I can take that!
We still #TopOfTheTable ??⚽️ #TOTCHE #cfc #chelsea ?— Michael Ballack (@Ballack) January 4, 2017
15 – Spurs haven't ever lost a @PremierLeague match that Dele Alli has scored in before tonight (15 games – W11 D4 L0). Omen?
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/Ollie_Davis/status/816796124052865024
??? Chelsea's Unbeaten Record…
Via: @TheFootballRep pic.twitter.com/gL1IfPx2Ai
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) January 4, 2017
Sky had a proper little compilation at the end of their coverage 'celebrating' Chelsea's run. Obv had to edit the ending. Gutted for them.
— Spooky, The Creator (@Spooky23) January 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/Futbolregistra/status/816794352651485184
https://twitter.com/ContehoIic/status/816773201258749953
https://twitter.com/FutbalIFunnys/status/816772962225455105
https://twitter.com/WelBeast/status/816768078436515841
Man Utd being happy about Chelsea dropping points is like West Brom being happy Chelsea dropped points.
— – (@AnfieldRd96) January 4, 2017