Controversy surrounded both of Chelsea’ goals at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea went 0-1 down following a spectacular opener from Sandro.
Frank Lampard cancelled out the opener after the assistant referee awarded the goal despite Spurs goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes having prevented the whole of the ball crossing the line.
Salomon Kalou scored the winner for Chelsea from a borderline offside position.
Lampard told Sky Sports, when asked if his side had been lucky: “In those two instances, maybe yes.
“The one that didn’t go over the line, I was due one of those – I had a big one [at the World Cup] in the summer. So I’m pleased with that. But it’s unlucky on them.
“You get what you deserve and, that’s not rubbing it in on Tottenham, we deserved that, we created enough, we were bright enough to win the game.
“We’re fighting to the end. We had a couple of months where we let ourselves down a bit and let it slip, but you saw the character today. We deserved it today.
“They’re (Man Utd) in the driving seat and it’s theirs to lose, but if they do slip up we’re in a position now where we’ll have a real go to try and do it.
“We’ve kept ourselves alive today and we can sit back and watch and hope tomorrow.”
