Spurs stay in title hunt with 1-0 win
allow Spurs cut down Chelsea’s Premier League lead to four points CHELSEA FACE EVERTON ON SUNDAY WHILE TOTTENHAM FACE ARSENAL PROBABLY THE LAST ONE EVER AT THEIR HISTORIC WHITE HART LANE STADIUM
a crucial 1-0 victory over Leicester City courtesy of Robert Huth’s late own goal.
Huth deflected in Nacho Monreal’s volley in the 86th minute to put the Gunners sixth, above Everton, three points behind Manchester United and four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City. United face City on Thursday.
“Every win gives you a little more momentum. I don’t have a preference for the Manchester derby, we don’t have to look much at the others. We just have to look after ourselves. The target is clear for us,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. Sunderland’s 10-year stay in the top flight will end this weekend if they lose to Bournemouth and Hull City take a point from their trip to Southampton.
That gloomy prospect arose after they were beaten 1-0 by Middlesbrough in a dismal basement derby on Wednesday.
Boro also look destined for the drop but Marten de Roon’s early winner at least gives them hope.
All eyes were on Tottenham to see if they would buckle under the pressure against a Palace side who had won six of their last eight in the league to move towards safety, including against leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and Liverpool at Anfield.
Lacking the fluency they had displayed in winning seven consecutive league games in which they scored 22 goals and kept four clean sheets, Tottenham were sloppy on occasions. But they refused to panic and kept grafting away before Eriksen sent a dipping low shot past Wayne Hennessey.
With 74 points -- a new club record in the Premier League -Tottenham look virtually guaranteed a top-four finish but they are clearly not finished yet.