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Your support makes all the difference.Tottenham Hotspur travel to Selhurst Park in Sunday’s early Premier League kick-off needing to win to keep their top four hopes alive.
Spurs currently sit fifth but can temporarily leapfrog Chelsea with a win, ahead of their match with Manchester United. But Spurs will need to win without their first-choice defensive partnership of Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld. In their absence, Davinson Sanchez and Eric Dier line up together in the heart of a four-man defence.
Crystal Palace have injuries of their own to worry about, leading to Roy Hodgson giving 20-year-old Aaron Wan-Bissaka a start. Jaïro Riedewald is also named in their starting XI.
Follow Jack Watson’s live coverage of the match below.
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Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
45: Someone is booked as we head into one minute of added time. Mousa Dembele brought down Andros Townsend when he was trying to break away so we'll say it was him.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
Tottenham were momentarily given a penalty midway through the first half when Timothy Fosu-Mensah brought down Harry Kane after a defensive error. The referee, Kevin Friend, pointed to the spot but soon realised his assistant had his flag up for offside on the far play and Palace were let off the hook.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
Injured Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha is in attendance at Selhurst Park this afternoon. Palace have failed to win any of their nine games with Zaha unavailable for selection and scored just one goal without him.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
46: We're back underway at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace get the second half underway.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
46: Tottenham with all of the ball so far but Crystal Palace are standing firm. They're defending the width of their penalty area and making the pitch very narrow which is making Spurs work hard for space in the final third.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
48: A nice flick from Dele Alli finds Harry Kane in space about 30 yards out. He sets himself and shoots but the ball flies well over the goal. He is human after all.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
49: Space opens up for Christian Benteke to run at Eric Dier but the defender, who has bossed the big Belgian, eases him off the ball.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
50: A cross falls to Christian Eriksen in the box and he strikes it with a first time volley. The shot goes over and from that position you might expect him to do slightly better although replays show it came off his ankle last.
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