Chelsea close gap on Liverpool at top of Premier League - reaction

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Rivals won't slip up like Cucurella - Maresca

Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea

Despite being impressed by the way his young players kept their composure at Tottenham, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca refused to accept that his young squad is ready to mount a serious title challenge.

"Arsenal, [Manchester] City and Liverpool probably don't slide - like [Marc] Cucurella did," he said in a tongue-in-cheek reference to the misfortune of his Spanish left-back, who changed his boots after Tottenham's second goal.

"To be serious, we are not ready. We are far from these teams, but we focus on day-by-day and trying to improve the team.

"The plan or the idea is to not let the players slow down. They cannot drop because they know another player is waiting to come in."

Chelsea are four points behind leaders Liverpool having played a game more.

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Chelsea players' reaction was 'mentally strong' - Maresca

Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea

Enzo Maresca told BBC's Match of the Day that he was impressed by his Chelsea players' mental resilience after they kept their composure at Tottenham despite conceding two early goals.

"Overall I think, even in the first half, I think we were in control of the game," he said.

"Then when you concede two goals like we conceded it is not easy, but the reaction from the players [showed they] are mentally strong.

"We continued with the plan on the ball and off the ball and I think in the end we deserved to win the game."

Palmer's Panenka seals Chelsea's comeback win at Spurs

Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea

Nizaar Kinsella

BBC Sport football news reporter

Cole Palmer's ice-cool 'Panenka' penalty sealed Chelsea's impressive comeback as they came from two goals behind to win at Tottenham.

Strikes from Jadon Sancho and Enzo Fernandez and two spot-kicks from Palmer sank Spurs, who made a fast start but then fell apart and suffered a defeat that adds to the recent agony for under-fire manager Ange Postecoglou.

Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski had put Tottenham 2-0 up in 11 minutes, but by the time Son Heung-min added their third in stoppage time the game had slipped away from them.

Chelsea's win moves them to just four points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool, while Spurs are 11th.

What is the latest on Salah contract talks?

The Mirror, external reported on Sunday that Mohamed Salah had been offered a two-year contract and he was on the brink of signing the deal.

While the Athletic, external today suggests that an "opening contract offer has been made" to Salah, as well as to Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, who are also out of contract in the summer.

All three would be free to discuss terms with foreign clubs from 1 January, but the Athletic says that "all three have now received proposals from the club and talks continue".

Good morning

There is no let-up in the football at this time of year, which is brilliant, but let's take time out this morning to reflect on the weekend's action before diving head-long into another week of Champions League action.

Storm Darragh left its mark on Saturday's fixture list, forcing the postponement of what was supposed to be the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.

That gave Liverpool's title rivals the chance to close the gap and while both Arsenal and Manchester City were unable to take full advantage, a Cole Palmer-inspired Chelsea did not fluff their lines at Tottenham.

We have all the reaction coming up to those games and the rest of Sunday's Premier League programme, plus the latest on Dan Ashworth's abrupt departure from Old Trafford, Liverpool's reported contract offer to Mohamed Salah and Michail Antonio following his car crash.

The Hammers striker will be missing for tonight's match at home to Wolves after undergoing surgery on a "lower limb fracture". Full details of that, plus build-up to the game, coming up.

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