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Tottenham Hotspur were made to work hard for a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Wednesday in their English Premier League fixture, with Christian Eriksen's 78th minute strike ensuring the Lilywhites reduced Chelsea's lead at the top of the table to four points in the process.
The Denmark worldwide struck with a long-range drive 12 minutes from time to settle a tense game and move Spurs back to within four points of leaders Chelsea.
But the team's character in recovering from Saturday's FA Cup semifinal loss to Chelsea pleased manager Mauricio Pochettino.
With the Ivory Coast worldwide winger in excellent form this season and continuing to improve, rumours linking the attacker with a switch to White Hart Lane at the end of the campaign are still circulating.
However, Eriksen's 30-yard thunderbolt secured a vital three points to keep the pressure on the Blues.
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"We knew we had to bounce back after the weekend".
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They were not at their best but have now won eight successive Premier League matches and have 74 points - a club record in the Premier League and will go into Sunday's derby with Arsenal still believing they can catch Chelsea.
"That was always going to be hard after Saturday, and it was a big challenge for us", Pochettino said. We are not thinking to be above Arsenal, our challenge is to reduce the gap with Chelsea and think of bigger things than only to be above Arsenal.
Moussa Dembele gave way for Heung-Min Son at the start of the second half. "We changed things at halftime and in the second half we were much better and after 90, 95 minutes I think we fully deserved the win".
Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce looks back on his time in charge so far, and targets more success against Tottenham.
"It was hard in the first half for us to move the ball and find the space, but we changed the shape at half-time and it was more fluid - we started to find the space and started to push Palace deeper and deeper".
Palace are virtually safe despite the defeat, but Mamadou Sakho, on loan from Liverpool, faces an anxious wait to see if his season is over after he was carried off with a serious-looking knee injury.
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