Christian Eriksen’s long-range strike made the difference as Tottenham narrowly edged out Crystal Palace in a 1-0 win at Selhurst Park on Wednesday.
Tottenham maintained pace with table toppers Chelsea in the race to win the Premier League title thanks to a hard-fought victory that kept them four points adrift of the Blues.
It was a match in which chances came few and far between and Tottenham struggled to be at their dominating best. And it required a Christian Eriksen special from long range to inspire Mauricio Pochettino’s men to an eighth consecutive win in the Premier League.
Here are the best tweets as Tottenham managed to eke out a narrow win at Crystal Palace on Wednesday night.
FULL-TIME: Palace 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur. @chriseriksen8‘s superb strike from distance proves to be the difference! Get in! #COYS pic.twitter.com/NRTRidZ3Ek
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 26, 2017
Crystal Palace 0-1 Spurs FT:
Shots: 6-18
Possession: 40%-60%
Chances created: 4-14
Pass accuracy: 61%-83%Big win. pic.twitter.com/XT37ALBseu
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 26, 2017
A Christian Eriksen special keeps up the pressure on #PL leaders Chelsea#CRYTOT pic.twitter.com/kRnW7gb9M6
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 26, 2017
74 – Tottenham have won 74 points in the Premier League this season; their best ever return in the competition. Flourishing. pic.twitter.com/QkY0eLh1Qq
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 26, 2017
Tottenham supporters were overjoyed as Mauricio Pochettino’s men continued to mount the pressure on Chelsea:
Tottenham Hotspur:
– 8 x PL Straight Wins
– Best PL Points Beaten
– Joint Most PL Goals Scored
– Least Goals Conceded
– Best GD In PL???? pic.twitter.com/yockccI88x
— Ricky Sacks ? (@RickSpur) April 26, 2017
ly tottenham x x pic.twitter.com/3XIerg36mL
— chloe (@_chloethfc) April 26, 2017
That’s 15 wins in last 18 premierleague games for the mighty Tottenham. Titleform.
— Charlie Lloyd Thomas (@CharlieLloydT) April 26, 2017
Tottenham Hotspur have now set their new best ever Premier League total of 74 points with five games still remaining. #COYS
— Hotspur Related (@HotspurRelated) April 26, 2017
@SpursOfficial @ChrisEriksen8 Full time 1-0! Very difficult game but we dug deep and got the win get in there well done boys the title race is still alive! #COYS #THFC
— ✨only human✨ (@Chezzasoldier) April 26, 2017
@SpursOfficial @ChrisEriksen8 Great goal from Eriksen, huge win. Also have to give credit where it’s due, Sissoko did a real good job for the team since coming on. #COYS
— Dwayne Pereira (@PereiraDwayne) April 26, 2017
@SpursOfficial @ChrisEriksen8 Wow,what a goal by our man of the match,team had to toil, dug in deep for a very valuable 3 pts to keep us on course, well done ? ? #COYS
— Dan Sarabjit (@DanSarabjit) April 26, 2017
@SpursOfficial @ChrisEriksen8 Massive away win against very defensive minded @CPFC & over to you @ChelseaFC !! #THFC #COYS
— Rocky Gill (@CllrRockyGill) April 26, 2017
@SpursOfficial Just immense pride, so many people coming into this game tonight questioned our bottle and character, a statement we are not giving this up!
— Ricky Sacks ? (@RickSpur) April 26, 2017
@SpursOfficial And thank you for never giving up!! Great game today!! #COYS
— John Mahlman (@john_mahlman) April 26, 2017
Christian Eriksen was the toast of the town as he produced a scintillating winner to inspire Tottenham to the narrow win:
The match winner… ? #COYS pic.twitter.com/8JKsfeHj98
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 26, 2017
Christian Eriksen’s game by numbers vs. Palace:
90 passes
7 crosses
4 chances created
4 shots
2 interceptions
1 goalCreative hub. ? pic.twitter.com/J0MyxKE5fg
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 26, 2017
@SpursOfficial Well Done Eriksen another Pure Class goal from yourself and Well done the Team that was a tough but you got the result
— Bryan Dodd (@dodd_bryan) April 26, 2017
3 – Top three PL players with the most goal involvements in all comps in 2017.
Harry Kane (21)
Dele Alli (19)
Christian Eriksen (19)Trio.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 26, 2017
Christian Eriksen’s last 13 games:
Assist
Assist
Goal
Assist
Assist
Assist
Goal
Assist
Assist
Goal
Goal
Assist
Assist
Assist
Assist
Goal pic.twitter.com/HYLsCcsAYi— bet365 (@bet365) April 26, 2017
Such an important win, Just incredible. pic.twitter.com/1OnPeEVWP7
— ㅤ (@ManLikeEriksen) April 26, 2017
Honestly think Eriksen has taken that big step into the next level. He’s added that bit of consistency to his game which was lacking.
— Spurs In The Blood (@SpursInTheBlood) April 26, 2017
Christian Eriksen dominates tomorrow’s newspaper back pages after his winner against Crystal Palace #THFC #COYS pic.twitter.com/W2mZRHnnte
— The Spurs Web ⚽️ (@thespursweb) April 26, 2017
In this form I think Christian Eriksen might be our best player.
— Chris Miller (@WindyCOYS) April 26, 2017
Eriksen’s class and importance to Spurs should never be questioned again. Even his corners. Thanks
— Paul O Keefe (@pokeefe1) April 26, 2017
“Spurs bottling it again”
Eriksen: https://t.co/BNpIAKDgOW
— Simply (@Simply_Spurs) April 26, 2017
Eriksen’s intelligence highlighted by him now playing 50 yards deeper and providing a metronome to keep possession in final mins. Brilliant.
— Lyall Thomas (@SkySportsLyall) April 26, 2017
Goals & assists in all competitions this season:
Kane: 26G, 6A
Eriksen: 12G, 20A
Alli: 20G, 11A
Son: 19G, 8A pic.twitter.com/P9zQLWfRlt— Spurs Stat Man (@SpursStatMan) April 26, 2017
Spurs may not have been at their best thus far against Palace, but Christian Eriksen has been sublime. #COYS
— Hotspur Related (@HotspurRelated) April 26, 2017
