08 May, 2017
Second-placed Tottenham's eighth successive league victory cut Chelsea's lead back to four points with five games to play after Antonio Conte's side had beaten Southampton 4-2 on Tuesday. I am very pleased.
However, Eriksen's 30-yard thunderbolt secured a vital three points to keep the pressure on the Blues. "The challenge is to keep going".
Palace had won six, drawn one and lost one of their previous eight league games and had the best of the first half against Spurs, Christian Benteke working Hugo Lloris and Andros Townsend firing over.
Mousa Dembélé, Wanyama's midfield partner, also failed to reappear for the second half after suffering an ankle injury, prompting Pochettino to introduce the more attack-minded Son Heung-min and Moussa Sissoko.
Sam Allardyce has admitted Crystal Palace will more than likely sell Wilfried Zaha this summer if their £40m valuation is matched. "It is certainly serious enough to keep him out for who knows how long".
"It doesn't look good right now, but we can bring in Damian Delaney to partner Martin Kelly at the back".
"We are showing that we learned a lot from last season as a team".
Tottenham's Christian Eriksen celebrates after he scored a goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur at Selhurst Park stadium in London, Wednesday, April 26, 2017.
Having suffered an FA Cup defeat to first place Chelsea on Sunday morning, star striker Kane claimed that his teammates had to exhibit their mental strength against the Eagles.
Wenger switched tactics and introduced Danny Welbeck and then Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey in an effort to find a breakthrough.
Nacho Monreal's half-volley from the edge of the box was deflected past Kasper Schmeichel by Robert Huth with less than five minutes remaining to give Arsenal an important victory.
Crystal Palace welcome Burnley to Selhurst Park on Saturday evening as the first part of the Premier League double-header on BT Sport this weekend, with Manchester United hosting Swansea City on Sunday. We took the game to Tottenham which is not an easy task against them.
"You obviously hope it doesn't but at any minute it can so that is why they should dedicate themselves and enjoy themselves every minute that they can because you never know what is around the corner when you are playing such a competitive game".
