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Hakim Ziyech has been a controversial man lately. In the previous match against Brighton the 28-year-old failed to celebrate his goal. In addition, he quarreled with Romelu Lukaku.
– I’m happy. He can score 20 goals without celebrating, for my part, said Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel then.
In the byderby against Tottenham, the Moroccan was to stand out again. The man with the number 22 on his back kept up with a C-moment of a scoring. So spectacular that TV 2’s commentator Øyvind Alsaker almost missing superlatives:
– The perfect scoring, exclaimed a particularly impressed Alsaker.
– It is not possible to do it more beautifully, former national team manager Nils Johan Semb followed up.
Callum Hudson-Odoi was second last on the ball before the pearl. When asked by TV 2 about how much of the credit he should have for the goal, the wing answers jokingly.
– Do not tell him that I say this, but I take a lot of credit for it. It started with me … No, it was a fantastic goal. I’m happy on his behalf. The goal itself was a fantastic finish. I told him that. As soon as he hit the ball, I knew it was inside. I could see it. I do not take much of the credit, because it was a fantastic finish, says Hudson-Odoi after the match.
When Thiago Silva headed in the blows the second few minutes later, there was no going back for Tottenham at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea won 2-0, and took a long-awaited league victory after four Premier League settlements without triumph.
Antonio Conte thus lost his first Premier League match as Tottenham boss, even at his old home ground.
Kane goal canceled – Lineker and Thorstvedt disagree
A close and even first round ended with controversy. With 40 minutes played Harry Kane almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. In the build-up, the England captain was in a duel with Thiago Silva, who went to the ground after a push from Kane.
– This is the most difficult situation to judge, because you never know how hard it is, pushed in the back. The question is whether it is enough for it to be canceled? I mean yes, says TV 2’s football expert Erik Thorstvedt, and explains:
– At that speed here, Silva tries to stop, but it is hopeless when he gets it in the back. I think it’s okay.
Gary Lineker believes that the goal should remain.
– Smart by Thiago Silva, but very strictly against Kane. If the referee rules goals there, then it is not possible that VAR had canceled the goal, writes the former Tottenham player and current BBC profile on Twitter.
Clever from @tsilva3 but very harsh on @HKane. If the referee had given the goal there’s no way VAR would have turned it over.
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) January 23, 2022
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Holes in the net, shots in the crossbar and headers
The second half was five minutes late when there was a hole in one of the goals at Stamford Bridge. It was creatively fixed in a temporary way with strips.
When the game first started, it did not take long before the ball went into just that goal. Hakim Ziyech squirmed through their central defense after 47 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 – 0. It was 4 – 0 at the break.
– I never get tired of it, Alsaker commented on one of the goal’s many reruns.
– Football can be so infinitely beautiful, he later added.
– CHANCELESS: Here Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris sees that the ball falls in the crossbar behind him. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS
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The aforementioned Thiago Silva was to rise seven minutes later and double the lead. The Brazilian headed in a free kick from Mason Mount.
– It is very well done by Silva, says Semb about the 2-0 goal.
Tottenham never managed to create a massive pressure on the home team. Harry Kane came closest with a header after a corner five minutes before the end, but Kepa Arrizabalaga saved masterfully.
Thus, it ended with a 2-0 victory for the home team on the west side of London.
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