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Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur Settle For Draw In London’s Big Derby

Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur served English Premier League faithful a dream game for the ages on Sunday evening in the first meeting of the Premier League ‘top 6′ sides with a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge reports Prime Business Africa.

Harry Kane grabbed the equaliser for Spurs with barely the last touch of the match through a header as a result of a late corner.

The ill-tempered London derby saw both managers, Antonio Conte (Spurs) and Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea) sent off after two bookable offences for the flashpoint at the end of the game.

Thomas Tuchel’s side were dominant for much of the match and took a first-half lead through Kalidou Koulibaly who fired home after a delicate cross into the box.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg got Spurs level with 20 minutes remaining, sparking a clash between the two benches when the first yellow cards were served by referee Anthony Taylor.

Spurs have won away at Chelsea just once in the Premier League era, and Reece James’ strike after he was teed up by Raheem Sterling put the Blues back in front again.

Just when most watching fans thought they had seen the last of the game, Kane popped up with the textbook header.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.