Sunday’s draw between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea was one of the best one pointers I’ve seen in years. I support neither team but I was nearly crying with tears of joy near the dramatic end such was the wondrous spectacle that was happening in front of my eyes.

Soccer purists will look at this match and scoff. The poor passes, the frenetic back-and-forth during the game where teams failed to settle on the ball and keep possession. The mistimed tackles, the silly mistakes. But we love all of these things about English football especially when it’s played at the scintillating pace like this London derby was. It was hard at times to keep track of things as a viewer, never mind as one of the athletes on the pitch.

Hutton’s tackle, Bale’s runs down the left flank, Terry pushing his team forward in attack, Drogba’s thunderous shot, Pavlyuchenko’s first touch to knock the ball into space, Gomes’s penalty save, and so on. These are just a few highlights from the match and you could probably name half a dozen more that stick out in your mind.

These type of games is what makes the Premier League the best in the world. The excitement and energy levels are at an incredibly high throughout the 90 minutes. It’s the type of game that you should sit your friends down and tell them to watch it. They’ll be amazed by how on earth these athletes can play at that level for so long.

And let’s not forget the White Hart Lane atmosphere both from the Tottenham and Chelsea supporters who made this an even better experience than it was already. The noise from those supporters never stopped and reached a crescendo near the end when Gareth Bale’s free kick whizzed past the post for what could have been a late winner.

There’s something about games at this time of the season and when they’re played under floodlights that adds more energy and makes for a better match. It creates a better atmosphere just like a rock’n roll gig is better when it’s played under the lights at night instead of a day festival when the energy isn’t at its peak.

As for the match itself, Tottenham Hotspur looked like Premier League title contenders the way they played in the first half. Not only did they seem to beat Chelsea to most fifty-fifty balls, but they were explosive in attack and calm, cool and collected when they needed to be as they kept possession at key moments of the match and controlled the tempo. In the second half, the addition of Didier Drogba played a key role in adding bite to Chelsea’s attack and it helped the Blues claw their way back into the match. But just when you thought that Tottenham looked likely to add a second goal to its tally, up struck Drogba to fire a bullet of a shot at Gomes. The Brazilian was unable to get his hands up in time to block the shot, so the ricochet managed to push the ball upwards and embarrassingly over Gomes as it bobbled into the net.

Gomes made up for his first and second mistake later, after he knocked Ramires to the ground, when he saved a penalty from Drogba in injury time. The save lifted Tottenham Hotspur and on the immediate counter attack it looked like Bale was going to run the length of the pitch to knock the ball into the back of the net, but Chelsea quelled the attack and hung on for one point that they should be happy to take after being taken to the cleaners for large parts of the White Hart Lane battle. With Tottenham holding on for a point and almost grabbing all three, the Premier League title championship is now essentially a five-team race.

And, oh yeah, there’s a “small” match on Monday still to play between two Premier League clubs. The Premier League. Does it get any better than this?