That may be Mousa Dembele’s season over.
Spurs proved that they were still very much in the title race after taking a 2-0 lead in the first half at Stamford Bridge, but there was a huge moment of controversy to end the first period as both sets of players clashed on the touchline.
Away boss Mauricio Pochettino was forced to play peacemaker as Danny Rose and Willian confronted each other close-by. That caused everyone to pile in, in what was an unsavoury melee full of shoves and finger-pointing from both sides’ players and coaching staff.
Touchline melee at the Bridge after Pochettino intervenes to separate Rose and Willian. pic.twitter.com/6Ta3VeAHu6
— Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) May 2, 2016
But things got really ugly when Mousa Dembele confronted Chelsea badboy Diego Costa. Whatever the striker said didn’t go down too well with the Spurs man as he seemed to bury his finger deep into Costa’s left eye. It looked like the kind of move the UFC would come down hard on.
Whether it was actually a premeditated retina ripper or just a stray finger, we’ll let you and the authorities judge, but it didn’t look pretty at all.
Willian and Rose booked. Dembele has clawed at Diego Costa's eye. In my mind the game should be abandoned. #CHETOT
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) May 2, 2016
Meanwhile, Dembele…..season over.
— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) May 2, 2016
Dembele caught gouging Costa in the eyes. There may be trouble ahead for him…
— Darren Lewis (@MirrorDarren) May 2, 2016
3 game ban for Dembele then
— Ali Tweedale (@alitweedale) May 2, 2016
This article originally appeared on JOE.co.uk
