Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have both pointed out the two players that they believe let Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham down in last night's 4-1 loss to Chelsea at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

In what was an action-packed Premier League game, Spurs' early lead through Dejan Kulusevski was cancelled out twice by Chelsea, but both were ruled out due to offside. However, a Cole Palmer penalty eventually put them on level terms after Spurs were bought down to 10 men before half-time following Cristian Romero's challenge on Enzo Fernandez.

Centre-back Mickey Van de Ven then went off with what looked to be a serious hamstring issue, before James Maddison was also forced off through injury all before the break. It meant a huge swing in momentum for the visiting Blues, led by former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino, which only grew as Destiney Udogie was then shown a second yellow card for a swipe on Raheem Sterling shortly after half-time.

Nicolas Jackson, who has so far struggled to find consistency in front of goal, managed to find three late tap-ins to score a hat-trick, putting the game out of reach in added time. Spurs weren't without their own chances though, with Eric Dier's equaliser from a set-piece ruled out by offside, Rodrigo Bentancur's header from less than six yards going wide and captain Son Heung-min's late chance for an equaliser being stopped by Robert Sanchez.

Following the match, Carragher pointed out how Romero could've been sent off for a lash-out onto Levi Colwill early in the first half, and that putting himself in that position was reckless. He said: "I agree that it’s petulant, not violent.

"It's stupid and that is what he is about at times. It's a little kick and I don't think there's too much force in it. It's daft to put yourself in a position where VAR will be looking at that or maybe a referee, but no, I don't think that’s a red card."

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Neville on the other hand disagreed with Carragher, and thought that Romero should have seen red earlier than he did. While on commentary, he said: "I do think Romero is in trouble at the other end. They might lose the goal, but Spurs might lose the man. Yeah, he's in trouble.

"If he had the whereabouts which I know is difficult to square it across he'd have got away with it, but because he scores the goal. The Spurs fans are cheering, but they won't be cheering in a minute or so. We'll see what happens now with Romero. [Destiny] Udogie should be off, that is an absolute fact, that's 100%.

"I think Romero is a lucky boy because when you normally do that and just kick out at someone without anyone being near you, you ordinarily go off. It reminds me exactly of David Beckham - maybe we can get VAR to overturn that one."

Romero was eventually given his marching orders however, having lunged into Fernandez in the penalty area, his foot slipping past the ball and into the Chelsea midfielder's ankle. VAR called for referee Michael Oliver to take a look at the incident on the pitch-side monitor after which he was shown a straight red.

Neville highlighted the chaos of the incident and labelled the star's contact with Fernandez as 'unnatural' and compared it to Curtis Jones' straight red card he received against Spurs a few weeks ago. "Ooooh no Romero you, you. Honestly, this is mayhem. That [challenge on Sterling] is not a penalty, that one [from Romero on Fernandez] is.

"That’s a penalty for me and a bad challenge. This is incredible. The offside we will find out about, but I'm going with the fact that I think it is a penalty to Chelsea, irrespective of whether this goal is allowed. I think if this goal is disallowed, they should go back and look at the Romero challenge and give a penalty. I think it's a penalty, this is where I thought we'd get to.

"That's a penalty. He plays the ball, but I don't know why he's followed through the way he does. It's a mad challenge from Romero - he doesn't have to follow through like that and but his studs right into [Enzo] Fernandez's shin - that is a penalty.

"If you go back to Curtis Jones' one a few weeks ago which I thought was harsh, this one is a lot worse. For those of you watching at home thinking he gets the ball and it’s a natural follow through, trust me, as a defender that is not a natural follow through, that is not what you do. He's gone over the top as he moves through the ball. Yeah, it’s a red. He could have gone earlier, I was 50/50 on it.

"I have no sympathy for him. He makes wild challenges, he's a great defender, he's passionate, he's fiery, but he knows every single time what he is doing and it's the wildest of challenges. They have just shown it in the stadium and they are not happy because they think he's got the ball, which he did, the Spurs fans behind that goal are going crazy."

Carragher was in agreement at half-time, claiming that people will argue he touched the ball but that in today's game, that doesn't matter. He said: "Yes, [it's an] absolutely ridiculous [challenge]. To put a challenge like that in the penalty box, that's a challenge I would have made 20 years ago.

"Those days are well gone. Those days have gone by saying I won the ball first and I couldn't control myself afterwards. He was out of control, excessive force, definite red card."

However, Romero wasn't the only Spurs star to come under fire from the pair of pundits, with Udogie also being warned about two separate incidents that could've both seen him issued a red card. Neville was furious with his challenge in the first half which saw him given a yellow card, despite having both feet off the floor with studs showing as he lunged at Sterling.

"He gets the ball, but let's have a look at it from here. That's the one that the footballers and professionals hate. You don't do that. That tackle was about 15-20 years ago and I think that is the classic red card. I think he may get away with it because of the fact he gets the ball, but that's a shocker, that.

"You don't do that anymore, or ever did because you knew you were going to be in trouble. Raheem Sterling sees him coming and just pulls his leg away, but he's a lucky boy. That is a challenge that is universally hated."

Udogie was eventually sent off though, bringing Spurs down to nine men early in the second half, Sterling again the target of a chopping tackle that saw the defender immediately know he was off. Neville said: "Raheem Sterling's initial pass isn't a good one. It's just stupid. I have enjoyed the first 10 minutes of this second half from Spurs, but you just cannot believe the madness that he [Postecoglou] is watching before his eyes.

"[Udogie] knows he's on a booking, Raheem Sterling is going away from goal and wide. It's going to be a long 35 minutes for those two players sitting in the dressing room, I have been there - it's a horrible feeling."

Carragher agreed, claiming that Udogie's challenge for his second yellow card was down to Spurs being in the wrong shape defensively. "They must have thought how are they in this position again where he finds himself in that position to make that challenge again. Why is he going into it? Absolutely ridiculous. That’s just daft and he knows straight away."