Chelsea manager Avram Grant vowed to keep fighting in the Barclays Premier League title race.
Robbie Keane struck in the 88th minute to earn Tottenham Hotspur a 4-4 draw at White Hart Lane, leaving their opponents five points behind leaders Manchester United.
"We have one point. We wanted three. We are five points off the top, still in the race and we will continue fighting," said Grant.
Didier Drogba's opener was cancelled out by Jonathan Woodgate's header, then either side of the interval Chelsea struck through Michael Essien and Joe Cole.
drop points
Spurs staged a comeback and levelled through Dimitar Berbatov and Tom Huddlestone but Blues midfielder Joe Cole looked to have grabbed the win with a strike 10 minutes from full-time untile Keane struck.
Grant added: "Every game in which we drop points is a big game. If we won, would it have been a big game? We lost against Barnsley and it became a big game. Every game we drop points is a big game.
"I can be happy only that, in the league, we haven't dropped that many points, otherwise there would have been more big games. Every game here is big. If we didn't win, we wouldn't be in this position.
"What is a critical game? Every game at Chelsea is critical. If we'd lost other games, we wouldn't be in this position. Every game we win is a normal game. Every time we drop points it is a big game."