There they all were, sitting next to each other on a couple of benches in their practice attire, all of them smiling. Lionel Messi was sipping on a drink at one end, Luis Suárez next to him, then Sergio Busquets, then Jordi Alba on the other end.
Chelsea’s 4-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur on Monday was a relentless wave of drama, with red cards, disallow goals, penalties and endless VAR drama. Here’s how the drama played out.