During the angry exchanges, Spurs midfielder Mousa Dembele was seen to eye-gouge Chelsea striker Diego Costa.
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Mauricio Pochettino spoke after Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea, ending their title hopes, and its effect on his squad.
Ugly scenes after Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.
With referee Mark Clattenburg’s attention elsewhere during a melee following a challenge by Danny Rose on Willian, Dembele and Costa clashed on the brink of half-time. With Fabregas on the ground, Lamela appeared the stroll past the Chelsea midfielder and make contact with his hand.
Tottenham’s Moussa Dembele may face disciplinary action after poking Chelsea forward Diego Costa in the eye in the first half of Monday’s game at Stamford Bridge.
Carragher was equally as critical of Beck for not reporting the incident, but believes that Spurs unnecessarily lost their cool with so much on the line as they were seemingly on their way to a win to keep the Premier League title race alive.
Tottenham could be without a number of key players against Southampton on Sunday as they seek to seal a place in the Champions League group stages.
Both sets of benches and players got involved but Dembele and Costa’s tussle went under the radar of the referee, an attack that would have been a certain red card for the Belgian had it not been missed.
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Only last week, Spurs saw Dele Alli hit with a violent conduct charge and subsequent three match suspension after an alleged punch on West Brom player Claudio Yacob.
