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Jackson scores hat trick as 9-man Tottenham loses to Chelsea and remaining unbeaten record

Nicolas Jackson (right) celebrates with Recce James after scoring for Chelsea.[Chelsea]

Tottenham lost two players to red cards and then the remaining unbeaten record in the English Premier League in a chaotic 4-1 loss to Chelsea, for which Nicolas Jackson scored a late hat trick on Monday.

Jackson broke the resistance of Tottenham with three goals from the 75th minute, settling a frantic game that defied logic at times as Spurs survived for a while despite playing a high defensive line following the sending-offs of Cristian Romero in the 33rd and fellow defender Destiny Udogie in the 55th.

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