Man Utd beats Spurs, West Ham maintains league top 4 charge

LONDON - Manchester United underlined their 'comeback kings' tag by recovering from a first-half deficit to beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 on Sunday and cement their place in the Premier League's top four.

Victories for Chelsea and Liverpool on Saturday and West Ham United earlier on Sunday meant defeat at Tottenham might have induced some jitters at Old Trafford.

But they responded to going behind to Son Heung-min's opener to win 3-1 with goals by Fred, Edinson Cavani and Mason Greenwood. Victory 'narrowed' Manchester City's lead to 11 points but more importantly for United they are nine points above fifth-placed Chelsea with seven games remaining.

United had an opener scored by Cavani controversially disallowed after Scott McTominay was harshly adjudged to have fouled Son in the build-up -- accidentally catching the South Korean in the face with a trailing hand.

"When you get the injustice and adversity, that decision (to disallow the goal) is just shocking," said

Solskjaer, whose side have now earned an incredible 28 points from losing positions this season. "But we came together and composed ourselves.

"We went there as a team on a mission, we looked like a team on a mission. After they scored, we felt the injustice and adversity and that went into our players' heads. It was good character we showed and we had to come back."

West Ham maintained their audacious assault on a Champions League berth with a 3-2 home win over third-placed Leicester City, having taken a 3-0 lead for the third successive game.

Jesse Lingard's double, taking his total since arriving on loan from Manchester United to eight, and Jarrod Bowen's goal just after halftime made it 3-0.

But just as against Arsenal, who hit back to draw 3-3 last month, and Wolverhampton Wanderers in midweek when West Ham hung on for a 3-2 win, they gave manager David Moyes a fright.

Kelechi Iheanacho scored twice for Leicester but

West Ham hung on to move back into fourth place with 55 points from 31 games, two ahead of Chelsea and three ahead of Liverpool.

Tottenham are six points behind West Ham with their top-four hopes now fading fast. Leicester are only a point ahead of West Ham and now looking over their shoulders, having looked nailed on for a topfour place not long ago.

Sheffield United's 3-0 home defeat by Arsenal left them on the cusp of relegation. They are 18 points behind the safety zone with seven games remaining.

But Newcastle United took a massive step towards ensuring their survival as they came from a goal down to beat Burnley 2-1, a result that put them six points above thirdfrom-bottom Fulham, having also played a game less. Burnley had led through an 18th-minute goal from Czech striker Matej Vydra but Frenchman Allan Saint-Maximin came off the bench to turn the game around for Newcastle.

Newcastle still have to face Manchester City, Liverpool, Leicester and West Ham. ■