This was a victory which spoke volumes for Tottenham Hotspur’s stubborn conviction that the title race is far from done and dusted. They laboured for long periods and, even when in the ascendancy after the interval, still often ran aground on Crystal Palace’s resistance. Whether they would have forced Palace back in quite the same relentlessly suffocating manner had Sakho not been forced off remains uncertain. Palace barely mustered a shot of note in the second half, their energy sapped following Sunday’s exertions in victory at Anfield. “It was a big challenge today, to be still alive in the title race,” said Pochettino.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 20:57 UTC