The match was going so dramatically. It's always like that. It comes as no surprise that the match between Chelsea and Tottenham is always highly anticipated and guarantees an entertaining display of football. I remember that when tuchel was also confronting conte in the field. It will be so dumb if chelsea would not able to win against 9 men.
The chance for totenham to do counter attack is very small. The Tottenham team's tactic involved utilizing Son as the lone striker, while the other players maintained their positions in the midfield. Wrongly attacking chelsea will be in result getting counter attack back from chelsea.
It's a dilemma whether the club needs to attack or defend in this match.
This is why i do like to watch the match between totenham vs chelsea. The game is always very attractive and there were lots of drama on this game.
You are right and I have seen games that could still be won by a team that was one man down, but I can't remember that I saw a team on that level that was two men down and still won the game. And I mean as you said counter attacks were of course impossible for Tottenham and since this is one of their strongest tactics, it was quite over for them when the second player was sent off. The result in the end was quite high for Chelsea and it could have ended with a goal less than that, but still the win was quite safe for them.