The visitors recovered from Gylfi Sigurdsson's first-half opener to equalise through their captain, although a second yellow for the striker curtailed chances of a late winner.
Gylfi Sigurdsson had opened the scoring
after 19 minutes in a first half dominated by the hosts, only for Juan
Mata's half-time introduction to inspire Jose Mourinho's charges to
salvage a point through a John Terry header.
With Chelsea
looking to complete the comeback, Torres was dismissed for a second
bookable offence eight minutes from time after clashing with Jan
Vertonghen - although TV replays hinted that the striker could feel
aggrieved.
David Luiz partnered John Terry in the heart of
defence, with Gary Cahill dropping to the bench, while Frank Lampard
took the place of Andre Schurrle and Torres started ahead of Samuel
Eto'o in attack.
Tottenham were unchanged from their Premier
League victory over Cardiff City, leaving Jermain Defoe on the bench,
despite scoring twice in their midweek Capital One Cup win over Aston
Villa.
After a series of half-chances for both sides, Tottenham began to assert their dominance, taking the lead through Sigurdsson after 20 minutes.
The
in-form midfielder got his third Premier League goal of the season,
latching onto a lay-off from Roberto Soldado before breaking John
Terry’s weak tackle and calmly finishing past Petr Cech.
With
Chelsea reeling, the hosts continued to enjoy plenty of possession,
with Kyle Naughton next to test Cech with a long-range effort.
The
visitors eventually found their feet in a 10-minute period before the
break, Eden Hazard threatening with a deflected strike before Oscar
fired straight at Hugo Lloris.
Tottenham could have gone in at
half-time two goals up with Brazilian midfielder Paulinho hitting the
outside of the post after being played in by Andros Townsend.
Oscar
was unable to get a firm enough touch on a Torres cross two minutes
into the second half in what was a frantic period of play after the
break.
Hazard was the next to test Lloris a minute short of the hour mark before Terry levelled the scores.
Substitute
Mata delivered an expert free kick with the Chelsea captain, who had
evaded the attentions of Michael Dawson, glancing a header past Lloris
after 65 minutes.
Torres then played in substitute Andre
Schurrle but the German was denied by Lloris, before the Spain
international was dismissed nine minutes from time.
After a
long-running battle with Jan Vertonghen, Torres was shown a second
yellow card following an aerial challenge with the Belgian defender.
However,
despite plenty of pressure from the home side, they were unable to take
advantage of their extra man during the final eight minutes.
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