Fernando Torres was sent off as Chelsea came from behind to draw 1-1 with Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
Spurs’ Gylfi Sigurdsson opened scoring after 19 minutes in a first half dominated by the hosts, only for Juan Mata’s half-time introduction to inspire Jose Mourinho’s charges to salvage a point through a John Terry header.
With Chelsea looking to complete the comeback, Torres was dismissed for a second bookable offence eight minutes from time after clashing with Jan Vertonghen.
After all the hype surrounding the rivalry between Andre Villas-Boas and Jose Mourinho, the teacher and the pupil shared the points at White Hart Lane and both men will be satisfied with the result.
David Luiz partnered John Terry in the heart of defence, with Gary Cahill dropping to the bench, while Frank Lampard took the place of Andre Schurrle and Torres started ahead of Samuel Eto’o in attack.
Tottenham were unchanged from their Premier League victory over Cardiff City, leaving Jermain Defoe on the bench, despite scoring twice in their midweek Capital One Cup win over Aston Villa.
Hazard tested Lloris a minute short of the hour mark before Terry levelled the scores.
Substitute Mata delivered an expert free kick with the Chelsea captain, who had evaded the attentions of Michael Dawson, glancing a header past Lloris after 65 minutes.
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