That the prize for this remarkable match is just a solitary point to each team hardly seems fair. If prizes where given out for entertainment then both sides would have gone home with a veritable treasure chest of goodies.
The baffling final score was only matched for sheer ridiculousness by Sky's decision to chose the Manchester United and Bolton game over a London derby that promised to be an open affair.
When Roman Abramovich replaced Jose Mourinho with Avram Grant he demanded his side adopt a more expansive, attacking style. Tonight he got exactly that, but at the expense of the impenetrable defensive unit that the Portuguese fashioned during his time at the club. Had the 'Special One' been in charge of Chelsea this evening the match would never have finished with such a score. Thank god, then, that he wasn't.
This was, however, a much improved Chelsea than the one who we outfought in the Carling Cup final. The 2-1 lead at half-time confirmed at much.
Not that they should have held all the advantages at the break, with Ashley Cole putting a dent in the theory of Karma by managing to stay on the pitch after assaulting Alan Hutton late in the first half.
Apparently being a money grabbing, greedy drama queen who cheats on his wife isn't enough to get comeuppance these days. Unless of course it's hiding somewhere, biding it's time somewhere, ready to give him the battering he has been so clearly asking for.
Back to the real entertainment and it would have been easy for Spurs heads to drop when Joe Cole beat Pascal Chimbonda to curl a shot through Paul Robinson to make it 3-1. The England winger beat Chimbonda with the sort of nonchalance he probably only reserves for the cones at Chelsea's training ground.
Just for the hell of it, 'the-Cole-with-morals' did the same later on to drag Chelsea back into the lead.
Unfortunately, he didn't legislate for his managers poor choice of substitutions, and could only watch from the stands as Keane curled a delightful shot round Cudicini to rescue a point for the home team. Stunning is an oft overused word but not in this case.
There was still time for yet more drama. Having scored his 22nd goal of the season to give his side hope, Berbatov managed to contrive to miss a golden chance to win the game with mere seconds left. Credit must go to Cudicini, however, who pulled off a fantastic save to keep the score at a just, and magical, 4-4.