Tottenham star Bissouma says he ‘takes all the responsibility’ for Chelsea shambles after crucial turning point in game
YVES BISSOUMA has taken full responsibility for Tottenham’s defeat to Chelsea.
Spurs were beaten by the Blues in the Premier League 4-3 at home on Sunday.
The North London outfit had raced into a two-goal lead before the visitors pulled off a stunning comeback.
Jadon Sancho fired in a brilliant goal before Chelsea were handed the opportunity to level proceedings.
Bissouma, 28, was penalised for a reckless foul on Moises Caicedo in the Spurs box in the 59th minute.
Cole Palmer converted the chance to equalise before he and Enzo Fernandez scored to make it 4-2.
Son Heung-min netted a late consolation, but by then, the result was Chelsea’s.
After the game, Bissouma took to social media to apologise to fans as he was “burning” by his error.
He wrote: “I’m so sad for that mistake. It’s burning me because we lost the game today from this mistake.
“I feel sorry for my teammates, staff, and fans. I take all the responsibility for that one.
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“l’ll learn from this one. It’s time now to show the real me.
“Thanks for all the support.”
Jamie Carragher slammed the midfielder on Sky Sports for his foul and labelled the decision as “braindead”.
He said: “I’ve said all day that some of the things Tottenham players do is absolutely ridiculous.
“It’s a certain penalty, and it was his [Bissouma’s] mistake initially on the far side, losing the ball to Neto.
“And he maybe comes flying across thinking I’ve got to try and rectify this in some way.
“He was really poor on the first challenge on Neto. That is absolutely braindead. I mean, who’d be a manager?”
Palmer’s brace of penalties in the match saw him break a Premier League record.
He has now scored 12 spot-kicks in a row, which has surpassed Yaya Toure‘s record of 11.
Spurs started the game in fine form as they took advantage of Marc Cucurella’s poor boot choice to go two goals up.
During the match, Palmer had to contend with being pelted with cards from the home crowd.
Chelsea star Nicolas Jackson was also involved as he stopped Fernandez landing himself a yellow card after his goal.
The Argentine appeared to be about to take off his shirt before the striker intervened.