'Sorry Blues!' - Marc Cucurella bins his boots after gifting Tottenham two goals before Chelsea launch brilliant comeback to stun Spurs in thriller

The Chelsea defender was at fault and drew comparisons to Steven Gerrard after he slipped, allowing Brennan Johnson to carry the ball away down the line and cross for Dominic Solanke to open the scoring. He then lost his footing again to allow Dejan Kulusevski to double the home side's advantage. The Spanish defender will be relieved his mistakes were not too costly for the Blues and he could make a joke about it all afterwards.

After the game, Cucurella posted on his Instagram story a photo of his boots in a bin, captioned: "Sorry Blues!"

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Cucurella is lucky that Chelsea, with help from a Cole Palmer brace, did enough to overturn their poor start and move closer to league leaders Liverpool. The Blues also overtook Arsenal who stumbled at Fulham earlier in the day to give themselves a two-point cushion in second place. Cucurella has had a strong start to the season but today's mishaps could have undone a lot of his previously impressive work.

The Blues have a game against Astana in the Europa Conference League on Thursday before hosting Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday. The Blues will hope to move within one point of Liverpool should the Reds lose to Fulham at Anfield.