Tottenham stumbles, Leicester closes in on the throne

At home, Tottenham only got one point when drawing 1-1 with West Brom, falling back to seven points behind leaders Leicester.

Tottenham players disappointed with the draw. Photo:Reuters.

There are three rounds left in the Premier League and the gap between Leicester and Tottenham has widened to seven points. This means,Leicester will win the Premier League if they beat Man Utd on Sunday. Winning the title for the first time, at home for a team with 20 English titles, would be the perfect ending to Leicester's fairytale.

The Foxes' only real challenger, Tottenham, was unable to maintain their winning streak despite playing against a team that was already guaranteed to stay in the league. West Brom, who have picked up just one point in their last five games, were expected to suffer a humiliating defeat at White Hart Lane. But the visitors did exactly what manager Tony Pulis had said before the game: raise the flag for the league's competitiveness.

Tottenham took an early lead when Craig Dawson scored an own goal. But the West Brom defender made up for his mistake in the second half by scoring the equaliser.From a corner kick, Dawson pressed well, got rid of his marker and headed into an empty net. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris came out but instead of punching the ball, he punched his teammate Eric Dier.

Things got worse for Tottenham when Eric left the pitch with concussion. Spurs could lose Dele Alli, the Premier League's best young player, if the FA investigates him for the incident in which he punched Yacob in the face.

Dawson's equalizer header. Photo: Chadwick.

Tottenham had an unlucky day, hitting the crossbar and post three times. First was Harry Kane's close-range shot in the first half, which hit the West Brom goalkeeper's hand and then hit the post. Next was Christian Erikssen's free-kick and then Erik Lamela's shot.

The referee also disallowed a penalty for the home team, when the ball touched Chris Evans' hand in the penalty area.

Having more possession, dominating the game, creating more scoring chances, Tottenham could only score one goal from an own goal. Mauricio Pochettino and his team could only blame themselves for wasting their chances. Tottenham only had two shots on target, despite creating 19 shots.

The disappointing draw left Spurs 7 points behind Leicester and almost no chance of competing for the championship as there are only 3 more rounds left in the season.

According to VNE