"We knew our time would come and what a strike by Christian Eriksen", Tottenham striker Harry Kane said.
Sakho's injury changed the complexion of a game in which Palace had looked comfortable against a Spurs side desperate for the points to maintain their title bid. Sam Pochettino's men will be aiming to continue the hunt for the English League crown, and the side is in a great position, just four points away from the current table toppers Chelsea.
"That was always going to be hard after Saturday, and it was a big challenge for us", Pochettino said.
While Townsend and Zaha struggled to replicate their menacing first-half form, Palace's sturdy back-line continued to keep Spurs at bay, Eric Dier nodding a rare opening high and wide.
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Spurs now face six massive matches to finish the season, starting with an away trip to Crystal Palace, who defeated Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield last time out, on Wednesday night.
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They have also scored the same amount after 33 games (69 goals) as they managed in 38 last season, and have conceded just 22 all season, having let in 35 last season. "Our challenge now is to try and reduce the gap to Chelesa again, and to think about bigger things than only to be above Arsenal", Pochettino said. The title race is still on, and Eriksen's golazo is the reason why.
Pochettino took decisive action at half-time, sending on Son Heung-Min and Moussa Sissoko in place of Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama. The decor for this match will be a sold out Selhurst Park in London, one of the older stadiums left in English football. Christian Benteke's goalscoring run came to an end on a frustrating evening for the Belgian, his only effort on goal coming in the first-half when he was played through by Townsend but his strike was gathered by Hugo Lloris.
That seemed to benefit Spurs somewhat, Kyle Walker enjoying a more direct link to the midfielder's around him, exchanging one-two's with Christian Eriksen in a move that eventually led to the latter crossing into Wayne Hennessey's arms.
"The lads gave everything, it wasn't quite good enough in the end but it was a terrific performance".
The hosts, who lost defender Mamadou Sakho to what appeared to be a serious knee injury around 10 minutes after the restart, offered little in the second half and seemed to be content to keep Tottenham at bay. The Frenchman is on loan from Liverpool.
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