The first managerial meeting between former colleagues Jose Mourinho and Andre Villas-Boas ended 1-1 on Saturday as Chelsea held Tottenham.
Spurs manager Villas-Boas saw his side take a first-half lead through Gylfi Sigurdsson, but in a frenetic and keenly contested second half, Chelsea equalised through John Terry before having Fernando Torres sent off.
Chelsea’s Fernando Torres (left) scratches the face of Tottenham’s Jan Vertonghen. Pic/AFP
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The point nudged Spurs above Arsenal at the top of the table, while Chelsea climbed one place to third ahead of the rest of the weekend programme.
Sigurdsson gave Spurs a 19th-minute lead at White Hart Lane when he rode a challenge from Terry to gather Roberto Soldado’s lay-off before steering the ball past Petr Cech.
Juan Mata teed up the equaliser in the 65th minute with a free-kick that was headed home by Terry. Torres played well in the second-half, but having earlier appeared to scratch Jan Vertonghen in an off-the-ball incident, he was sent off in the 81st minute after being shown a second yellow card for a challenge on the same player
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