Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur result, stats and report

Liverpool welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Anfield in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday 16 September 2026. Connor Maguire gives you the straight truth on what to expect.

Tottenham have gone three Premier League games without scoring for the first time since 1974-75, despite spending over £300m this summer. Roberto de Zerbi says his rebuilt squad needs time, but the missed chances at Nottingham Forest suggest the problem is composure, not quality.

Ismaïla Sarr's agent, Diomansy Kamara, has accused clubs of treating African players as commodities after Crystal Palace blocked a Liverpool bid for Sarr and Monaco reneged on a deal that would have sent Lamine Camara to Chelsea. Both players are Senegalese internationals now left in limbo after chaotic deadline-day breakdowns.

Robert Sanchez has been loaned to Como with a buy option just days after a costly error against Fulham cost him his Chelsea starting spot to new signing Emi Martinez. The move sits alongside Chelsea's £125m sale of Enzo Fernandez to Manchester City as Xabi Alonso overhauls the squad on deadline day.

Tottenham have signed Mykhailo Mudryk on a season-long loan with a £75m option to buy, reuniting the Ukrainian winger with Roberto De Zerbi following a doping ban that kept him out of competitive football since November 2024. The deal marks a dramatic value collapse from the €100m Chelsea paid Shakhtar Donetsk in 2023.

Manchester City have agreed a joint-British record £125m deal for Enzo Fernandez, making him the first player to move twice for £100m-plus and completing manager Enzo Maresca's top target despite his messy Chelsea exit. Chelsea have already pivoted to a €45m bid for Monaco's Lamine Camara.

Manchester City's £80m bid for Liverpool's Cody Gakpo is close to collapse after Liverpool failed to land a replacement winger despite spending up to £123m on Bradley Barcola. City have pivoted to Everton's Iliman Ndiaye, a move that could derail Tottenham's own pursuit of the forward.

Tottenham are closing in on a season-long loan for Chelsea's Mykhailo Mudryk after missing out on Iliman Ndiaye and Cody Gakpo, but the winger hasn't played competitively since November 2024 following his doping suspension. Reporting has already shifted from 'talks' to 'accepted offer' within the same news cycle, part of a wider Chelsea clearout involving Tosin Adarabioyo and Robert Sanchez.