Now that's a London clash! Spurs' first loss of the season, Chelsea finally win a derby

Mauricio Pochettino grabbed three points in a 4-1 win on his return to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, after Nicolas Jackson netted a late hat-trick for Chelsea to cap off a wild night in North London that saw the home side reduced to nine men.

What a game, what a thrill, what a destiny! Suffering Luis Diaz scores a last-gasp equalizer to prevent Luton's upset

The first 10 games of Ange Postecoglou’s reign have constituted Tottenham’s greatest-ever start to a Premier League season, and his side seized the initiative early in what turned out to be a remarkable first half. A fluid counter found Dejan Kulusevski in acres of space on the right, and the Swede cut inside to shoot off the back of Levi Colwill and in past the wrong-footed Robert Sánchez. At the other end, Guglielmo Vicario’s lightning-sharp reflexes denied Nicolas Jackson an almost immediate reply, before a spate of disallowed goals and VAR stoppages sent the first half into a spiral of controversy and chaos in equal measure.

First, Son Heung-min’s goal from a fantastic Spurs move was ruled out for a marginal offside, before Raheem Sterling was adjudged to have handled it as he found the net himself. Both Destiny Udogie and Cristian Romero were spared red cards for late challenges, but things nevertheless began to unravel for the home side. There was a major stoppage when Moisés Caicedo’s strike was ruled out for offside, but VAR had spotted Romero’s reckless challenge in the build-up, and this time Michael Oliver reached for the red card. The resulting penalty was blasted in off the post by Cole Palmer, and the play remained well in Chelsea’s favour heading into halftime.

Tottenham had already lost both of their starting central defenders thanks to a Micky van de Ven injury, and things were made considerably worse when Udogie’s second yellow to halt a Chelsea counter sent the home side down to nine. It seemed only a matter of time before the visitors would take the lead, and Jackson’s attempt from point-blank range was turned over by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg on the line. Vicario was at times acting as an extra defender for his side against the relentless Chelsea attack, but he was powerless to keep Jackson out as he raced ahead of the defence to sweep in Sterling’s square ball.

Having finally gone behind, Tottenham had licence to roll the dice, and there was momentary euphoria in the stands when Eric Dier volleyed in following a free-kick, but VAR stepped in to disallow its fourth goal of the evening. Son was unable to beat Sánchez deep inside stoppage time, and any hopes of an unlikely comeback vanished as Jackson proceeded to net two more on the break in stoppage time for his first Premier League treble. It was the most memorable of nights in the capital, but Postecoglou ultimately comes up short in his quest to become just the third manager to go unbeaten across his first 11 Premier League matches.

PREMIER LEAGUE - MATCHDAY 11

Saturday

Fulham - Manchester United 0-1 (0-0)

/Fernandes 90+1/

Brentford - West Ham 3-2 (1-2)

/Maupay 11, Mavropanos 55 og, Collins 70 - Kudus 19, Bowen 26/

Burnley - Crystal Palace 0-2 (0-1)

/Schlupp 22, Mitchell 90+4/

Everton - Brighton 1-1 (1-0)

/Mykolenko 7 - Young 84 og/

Manchester City - Bournemouth 6-1 (3-0)

/Doku 30, Bernardo 33, 83, Akanji 37, Foden 64, Ake 88 - Sinisterra 74/

Sheffield United - Wolves 2-1 (0-0)

/Archer 72, Norwood 90+10 pen - Bellegarde 89/

Newcastle United - Arsenal 1-0 (0-0)

/Gordon 64/

Sunday

Nott.Forest - Aston Villa 2-0 (1-0)

/Aina 5, Mangala 47/

Luton - Liverpool 1-1 (0-0)

/Chong 80 - Diaz 90+5/

Monday

Tottenham - Chelsea 1-4 (1-1)

/Kulusevski 6 - Palmer 35 pen, Jackson 75, 90+4, 90+8/