English Premier League Tottenham drop points
Tottenham Hotspur's prospects of catching Leicester City in a thrilling Premier League title race have suffered a major blow after dropping two points in a frustrating 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion at White Hart Lane, report agencies. Albion defender Craig Dawson made amends for his 33rd-minute own-goal by heading home an equaliser 17 minutes from time that has huge ramifications for the destiny of this season's English title. Leicester is seven points clear of Spurs with three matches remaining and if it beats Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, it will become English football champions for the first time, regardless of anything else Tottenham does this season. To make matters worse for Spurs, they could be missing one of their key players in the closing stages of the season after video footage emerged on Twitter which showed Dele Alli appearing to punch Albion midfielder Claudio Yacob in the stomach during the first half. The incident was missed by the referee Mike Jones and England's governing Football Association are now likely to review the incident. If Alli, the newly-crowned Professional Footballers Association' Young Player of the Year is punished retrospectively, he could be banned from the remainder of north London club Tottenham's campaign. On Sunday, Leicester consolidated its position at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 home thumping of Swansea. That result meant there was no margin of error for Tottenham. Boaz Myhill came in for West Bronm goalkeeper Ben Foster, who also had an ankle problem, and the 33-year-old Welshman was called into immediate action. In the opening minutes, he was at a full-stretch dive to turn a Christian Eriksen free-kick around for a corner. Moments later, he did exceptionally well to palm a Harry Kane effort on to the post. And not long afterwards Myhill could only watch as an effort from Eriksen clipped the top of the crossbar. The breakthrough the home crowd desperately required eventually came with 12 minutes left in the first half. Eriksen whipped in a superb free-kick which caused panic in the Albion defence and the falling Dawson, who had been tussling with Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen, inadvertently diverted the ball into his own net and through the legs of the unfortunate Myhill.
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