{"id":11037,"date":"2026-05-20T00:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11037"},"modified":"2026-05-20T00:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:16:24","slug":"watch-pape-matar-sarr-produces-stunning-backheel-assist-for-richarlison-vs-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11037","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Pape Matar Sarr produces stunning backheel assist for Richarlison vs Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pape Matar Sarr produced a stunning backheel assist for Richarlison who pulled one back late in the game to make it 2-1 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, but it wasn\u2019t enough as Tottenham\u2019s relegation fears intensify heading into the final day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-(1.7)\">Chelsea had already doubled their lead through Andrey Santos, who fired into the bottom right corner to put the Blues 2-0 up, following Enzo Fernandez\u2019s spectacular opener in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Sarr\u2019s moment of brilliance gave Spurs fans a glimmer of hope late in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Senegalese midfielder, one of Tottenham\u2019s standout performers in what has been a turbulent season, flicked a backheel pass into the path of Richarlison, who calmly slotted the ball inside the left post to reduce the deficit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Richarlison pulls one back for Spurs! ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ygpQiMmUv9\">pic.twitter.com\/ygpQiMmUv9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2056839125861273625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Brazilian striker\u2019s goal gave Spurs late hope, but Chelsea held firm to claim all three points and secure a 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-(1.125rem) font-bold\">Tottenham defeat means Everton game is a must-win for Spurs<\/h2>\n<p>The defeat leaves Spurs in a precarious position heading into the final day of the Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham sit 17th with 38 points from 37 games, while West Ham remain 18th with 36 points, with their last fixture a home game against Leeds United on May 24.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs now need to beat Everton at home on the final day, while simultaneously hoping West Ham fail to defeat Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>If Tottenham lose and West Ham win, Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s side could be dragged into a relegation dogfight decided purely by goal difference, a margin in which Spurs currently hold the edge at -9 versus West Ham\u2019s -22.<\/p>\n<p>The final day showdown promises to be one of the most nerve-shredding in recent Tottenham history.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pape Matar Sarr produced a stunning backheel assist for Richarlison who pulled one back late&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}