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Your support makes all the difference.Tonight in the Premier League, title chasers Tottenham host West Brom at White Hart Lane.
- Tottenham vs West Brom
- The match kicks off at 8pm
- Spurs can narrow gap on leaders Leicester to five points with win
- If Spurs lose, Leicester can win title next weekend
- There will be three games to play after tonight
- Bentaleb (hamstring) misses out for Spurs
- Leicester emphatically beat Swansea 4-0 yesterday
- West Brom lay back in 14th place
- Follow the latest news and updates below:
Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino has warned Leicester his players are as fresh as they were at the start of the season and ready for a sprint finish to win the title.
Spurs are now eight points behind Leicester after the Foxes hammered Swansea 4-0 on Sunday, but can close the gap back to five with a win at home to West Brom on Monday night.
Concerns that Pochettino's pressing style of play and intense training methods might lead to fatigue have been allayed, with his side losing only once in the league since January and taking 14 points from the last 18 available.
Tottenham have four games left to catch Leicester and Pochettino believes his players are now running further and fighting harder with the finishing line in sight.
"I think we are as strong as at the start of the season, we are at the same level, maybe the difference is our opponents," Pochettino said.
"The data is similar at the beginning to now because now we can see the finish line.
"We don't arrive yet, this is important, but our motivation is good and then you can run more. It is always in our mind and we are in a very good moment.
"We need to fight to achieve big things like winning the title."
HT: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 WBA. For all our brilliant play it’s an own goal which separates the sides! #COYShttps://t.co/Os2nCmP0rj
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HT: @SpursOfficial 1 (Dawson OG 33) Albion 0. https://t.co/qITOaA3aer
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Tottenham 1-0 West Brom HT:Possession: 64%-36%Shots: 13-6Chances created: 8-2Pass accuracy: 86%-71% https://t.co/4KDuOCtFHs
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Pochettino will be happy with that. The chances are flowing and it should be a case of sooner rather than later when it comes to more goals.West Brom have rarely threatened in attack.
Let's take a step back from the game quickly and re-visit an incident in the first half. Alli came together with Yacob and appeared to strike the West Brom man in the stomach.
Could the 20-year-old find himself in hot water with the FA?
FA will surely want another view of footage of the incident that seems to show Dele Alli punching Claudio Yacob. Could be a three-game ban.
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The 20-year-old would be a huge miss for the remaining three game of the season. A three-game ban would rule Alli out for the rest of the campaign, don't forget.
69' Myhill races out of his area to head clear from Eriksen, great goalkeeping from the Baggies stopper (1-0) #TOTWBA
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He had to be brave there!
GOAL Spurs 1-1 West Brom (73 mins). It's Craig Dawson in the right end! The defender makes amends, heading in from a corner #TOTWBA
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