Madison called for courage and resilience in the final round.

Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 1-2 defeat to Chelsea in a key match of the 37th round of the 2025/26 Premier League season, coming back from two goals down to win 2-1 thanks to a goal from Richarlison. Maddison stated that the players must show courage and resilience in the final round and repay the fans for their continued support with an outstanding performance.

In the 17th minute, Pedro Neto passed the ball across the box, and Enzo, outside the penalty area, received it and fired a long-range shot into the net, giving Chelsea a 1-0 lead. In the 67th minute of the second half, Pedro Neto chipped the ball into the penalty area, and Andrea Santos received Enzo's pass before firing a low shot into the net, extending Chelsea's lead over Tottenham Hotspur to 2-0.

In the 74th minute, Sarr made a diagonal pass from the penalty area, and Richarlison followed up with a shot to score, pulling one back for Tottenham Hotspur to make it 1-2.

Ultimately, Tottenham Hotspur lost 1-2 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

After 37 rounds of matches with 9 wins, 11 draws and 17 losses, Tottenham Hotspur are currently 17th in the standings with 38 points, just 2 points ahead of the relegation zone.

Tottenham midfielder James Maddison said: "Everyone is obviously disappointed and frustrated. Looking at the course of the game, we should have gotten a good result, especially when we were pressing hard in the last 20 minutes. But at some crucial moments, we just lacked a bit of composure, which is disappointing because there were several very important chances that we handled poorly more than the opponent defending well or the goalkeeper making a brilliant save."

"So it's definitely frustrating, but our destiny is still in our own hands. The next game will be a big one for the club, so we have to be ready. Every player has to be prepared to take responsibility and show courage and strength."

Madison, who came on as a substitute in this game, said, "I feel good right now. I've been out for a long time, so I'm not 100% back in form and game sense yet, but overall I feel good. That's why I'm more disappointed that we didn't get any results from the game, because I felt we were always attacking forward, and I was involved in it."

"However, as I just said, we lacked a bit of quality in the attacking third, which cost us at several crucial moments. In my opinion, this was a game we should have won."

Speaking about the upcoming final game, Madison said, "Our fans just need to keep doing what they've been doing; they're still incredible. They've seen the team lose a lot of games this season, and as players who played in those games, we should feel guilty."

“Even in this game, I still think they were fantastic, their voices were very loud. We need to repay them on Sunday, avoid a disastrous result, end this relegation battle the right way, and then start again. We will make sure we are ready to repay them for their support in every game with our performances.”

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