Were Spurs the real winners against Chelsea?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Forget the famous ‘Battle of the Bridge’, Tottenham vs Chelsea was 'Monday night Madness' in North London.
Host Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's Adam Crafton, Chelsea writer Liam Twomey and Spurs writer Charlie Eccleshare to explore whether Postecoglou's side really emerged stronger in defeat?
Plus, what can Chelsea take from a huge win that was arguably one of their worst performances of the season?
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Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:05.2 | Forget the famous Battle of the Bridge. |
| 0:07.8 | This was Monday Night Madness in North London. |
| 0:11.5 | A night of unrelenting mayhem. |
| 0:15.1 | A game designed to test Big Angie's idealism. |
| 0:18.9 | Could it be that Spurs emerged stronger in defeat? |
| 0:22.6 | It's just who we are, man. It's just who we are. It's who we're going to be as long as I'm here. |
| 0:27.1 | And what can Chelsea take from a huge win in what was arguably one of their worst performances of the season? |
| 0:34.6 | I'm Ayahu Akim Wolleri. Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:49.8 | Where do we even start with this one? |
| 0:51.8 | Well, let's battle it out. |
| 0:53.2 | We've got the athletics, Adam Crafton, Spurs, writer Charlie Eccleshare, |
| 0:57.0 | and also Chelsea writer, Liam Toomey as well. |
| 1:00.1 | What a game. |
| 1:01.2 | Five goals, five off sides, two sending offs. |
| 1:04.3 | Liam, let's start with you on this one. |
| 1:06.5 | A win for Chelsea, but underwhelming, wouldn't you say? |
| 1:09.7 | Yeah, the game was a journey and a half. |
| 1:13.3 | In the first half, I think Chelsea showed good grit early on |
| 1:18.5 | because there was a stretch in the opening 15, 20 minutes, |
| 1:21.7 | where it looked like they were in danger of being blown away, |
| 1:25.1 | and were completely rounder,ing the ball really quickly. |
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