'Schoolboy stuff' - Cucurella changes boots as nightmare start gifts Spurs goals

Dominic Solanke's opener in the fifth minute came after Chelsea lost possession near the halfway line due to Cucurella's slip.

Spurs' second came on 12 minutes when Chelsea's left-back slipped over at the key moment again as he tried to clear the ball in his own half.

Dejan Kulusevski stole the ball off the Spain international and charged through Chelsea's defence before getting his shot away.

The ball squeezed into the bottom right hand corner, putting Spurs 2-0 up.

As Spurs celebrated, cameras showed Cucurella racing to his side's bench to change his boots.

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He gestured to the bench, appearing to signal that his boots hadn't stopped him from skidding over before the goal.

The Spain international sat on the floor and quickly put his new boots on before the restart.

Co-commentator for the game, ex-Liverpool star Jamie Carragher, had no sympathy for the Euro 2024 winner.

"Cucurella's coming to the bench, don't blame anyone else - it's your own fault son!" Carragher said, live on Sky Sports.

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"Absolute schoolboy stuff. Embarrassing.

"He slips again. Look at him shrugging his shoulders. Did he not do a warm-up?"

Cucurella was able to get a better grip of the turf in his new boots after changing them.

Chelsea soon got one back through Jadon Sancho to settle the travelling side's nerves, too.

The ex-Borussia Dortmund winger cut inside and superbly fired into the back of the net with some help from the inside of the post in the 18th minute to half the deficit.

It was an exhausting first half in north London, which was partly disrupted by a section of Tottenham fans throwing what appeared to be paper onto the pitch.