Tottenham earn draw after comeback at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea, playing their final pre-season game before their UEFA Super Cup date with Villarreal in a week’s time, started at a tempo more akin toa a Premier League game but still Spurs forged the first meaningful chance with four minutes gone.

Heung-Min Son worked space in the Chelsea area before forcing Edouard Mendy into a smart stop in a promising start – but it would be Spurs’ only shot of the opening period in a dismal display from Nuno Espirto Santo’s strong line-up.

Chelsea’s tempo kept their visitors penned into their own half for long periods and provided their first goal, with an excellent sliding challenge from N’Golo Kante on Moura falling for Ziyech, who raced away from the Spurs midfield before finding the bottom corner from 25 yards.

It should have been 2-0 when Werner, who timed his run perfectly, was played in behind and rounded Gollini before slotting home, but the offside flag denied the German, before the goalkeeper did likewise from his next effort just before the break.

Four minutes after the restart Chelsea did double their lead, when Ziyech was found by a well-judged sliding pass from Marcos Alonso, and again beat the goalkeeper into the far corner.

It was not long before Tottenham finally showed signs of improvement, after a dismal opening 50 minutes, but still owed a large slice of luck to a significant deflection off Antonio Rudiger, whose touch took Moura’s shot over Mendy and into the empty net.

Chelsea made a flurry of seven substitutions which further shifted the momentum away from the hosts and Spurs took full advantage to equalise. Malang Sarr’s ill-judged square ball was cut out by Son, who found Bergwijn before the Netherlands winger fired the visitors level from a tight angle.

It was nearly three when Davies became the latest player to get down the outside of Trevoh Chalobah before Ampadu denied his goalbound effort from putting Spurs ahead for the first time.

Nuno resisted the urge to make significant changes and left most of his starting line-up out on the pitch until the end – where their hugely entertaining pre-season derby ended level.