Spurs let frustrated by dogged West Brom

Tottenham Hotspur’s bid to win the English title for the first time since 1961 is in tatters after their latest frustrating result at Wembley against West Bromwich Albion left them 10 points behind Manchester City.

Tottenham have had mixed results at Wembley since moving into their temporary home while White Hart Lane is redeveloped and once again they lacked a cutting edge against supposedly inferior opponents

West Brom were led by caretaker manager Gary Megson following Tony Pulis’s sacking earlier this week and they took a shock fourth minute lead.

Notching his first goal since September, Salomon Rondon sprinted onto Jake Livermore’s pass, held off Davinson Sanchez and hit a scuffed shot that trickled past Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

Tottenham laboured for long periods but equalised in the 74th minute when Harry Kane converted Dele Alli’s cross for his 15th club goal this season.

Speaking after the match Kane admitted his teammates were “disappointed” with their performances, particularly their first-half showing, and said the focus had now shifted to their next assignment, away to Leicester City in midweek.

“We have to look back and see why we were slow getting going in the first half.” Kane said. “It’s not good enough. And it leaves us quite far behind in the league now, [so] we just have to look to Tuesday.”

Mamadou Sakho gave Crystal Palace just their second league win this season as the French defender’s last-gasp goal sealed a 2-1 success against Stoke City.

Mark Hughes’ men went ahead in the 53rd minute through Xherdan Shaqiri’s superb solo effort at Selhurst Park.

But bottom of the table Palace drew level thanks to Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s tap-in three minutes later and Sakho won it for the hosts from close-range in the 90th minute.

Watford handed Newcastle United a fourth successive defeat with a 3-0 win at St James’ Park.

The visitors showed why their manager Marco Silva has been linked with the vacant Everton job as they swept to a second successive victory.

They took a 19th-minute lead through Will Hughes, the midfielder flicking in Marvin Zeegelaar’s cross for his second goal in his past two games.

Silva’s eighth-placed side doubled their lead in first half stoppage-time when Deandre Yedlin turned Zeegelaar’s cross into his own net.

Newcastle were in disarray and Andre Gray punished poor defending to make it three in the 62nd minute.

“We deserved the three points,” Silva told BBC Sport. “We had very good moments, we scored the first goal through something we planned. The confidence in some moments was good, we knew they were strong in the long balls and first and second balls and I think we controlled really well.”

Swansea City were held to a 0-0 draw by Bournemouth.Paul Clement’s side are now five games without a win, leaving them one point off the bottom.