Chelsea left it late to win it at Tottenham, who had been the better side for the majority of the game at Wembley.
The visitors took the lead in first half. Marcos Alonso stepped up for a free-kick and curled the ball over the wall and past the left hand of Hugo Lloris into the top corner.
Spurs huffed and puffed throughout the second half, and the equaliser eventually came. Michy Batshuayi headed Christian Eriksen’s free-kick into his own goal.
The momentum was with Tottenham, but Chelsea broke forward and won it through Alonso. His strike somehow found its way past Hugo Lloris at the Frenchman’s near post.
Here’s how Spurs fans reacted on Twitter.
Football is bad and everything is terrible.
— Cartilage Free Capt. (@cartilagefree) August 20, 2017
Football can be cruel but you can't afford to gift your rivals goals like we did today. Lucky, defensive, whatever. It worked.
— Andrew Gaffney (@GaffneyVLC) August 20, 2017
I actually thought we played really well today. Kane's August hoodoo and our Wembley hoodoo together was never going to end well.
— The Hotspur Insider (@HotspurInsider) August 20, 2017
Nothing from that game suggests we learnt anything from last season at Wembley.
— tehTrunk (@tehTrunk) August 20, 2017
Chelsea did exactly what they needed to after conceding. Breaking up play (again) then hitting hard on the break. That's experience and nous
— Adam Powley (@adampowley) August 20, 2017
I'm not worried about Wembley especially. We'll destroy plenty of teams playing like that. #COYS
— Chunky (@ChunkyTHFC) August 20, 2017
Wanyama cost us the game. The counter attack was on. Sissoko was on his bike. Absolutely poor awareness from Wanyama. Not good enough.
— Eric (@EricYid) August 20, 2017
Thought we played quite well in parts. Wanyama just back from injury and was cooked way before that goal. Hugo's had a shocker. Dele poor.
— Paul O Keefe (@pokeefe1) August 20, 2017
Death. Taxes. Playing well but getting beat at Wembley by Chelsea.
— Yidvids (@YidVids) August 20, 2017
Today showed me one team fucking terrified of the other, one team wanting to play 'the beautiful game' & only one team to be proud of #COYS
— Alex Lally (@doolally316) August 20, 2017
I just dont see the logic in continously bringing Sissoko on, He really has nothing to offer plus I get P***** off hearing on here about Janson, the poor geezer came on again for 2 minutes, how disheartening is that for him
Nicky, l am totally in agreement with you. Sissoko is crap. They should sell him. If l was Vincent, l would demand a transfer. What can he do in three minutes. That’s how long he was on the pitch.
That’s why Spurs cannot sign a striker, who wants to sit on the bench and look stupid. Poch, in my view is stupid at playing just Kane up front. H should play with Vincent to give him that confidence that he needs.
Kane in my view today was terrible. Yet, he done the same last season.
Big problem we have this season is that we are playing at Wembley. And we all know how bad we have been. I have support Spurs for over 40 years. So l think l can be cruel. Its no good buying more Midfielders, and defenders. We need strikers to put pressure on Kane. This would NOT be happening under Nicholson. If you didn’t play well he would drop you. No matter who you where. No player was bigger that that white shirt
I don’t like the 532 format
Prefer 4-2-3-1 so Ali can play behind Kane and support him,