Swansea 1-3 Tottenham, Arsenal 3-0 West Ham: Premier League as it happened
Spurs remain seven points behind league leaders Chelsea.
- Tottenham score three times in six minutes to secure memorable win in injury time at Swansea City having trailed for 78 minutes.
- Arsenal move back into fifth place on goal difference after easy win over West Ham.
- Hull City move out of the relegation zone after putting four past Middlesbrough - Swansea replace them in the bottom three.
- Southampton come from a goal behind to bring Crystal Palace back down to earth.
Full-time scores:
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham
Hull 4-2 Middlesbrough
Southampton 3-1 Crystal Palace
Swansea 1-3 Tottenham
Wow, what an incredible night for Tottenham. Three goals in six minutes at the Liberty Stadium has kept their Premier League title hopes alive for another week in the most dramatic of endings in south Wales.
That defeat means Paul Clement's side drop into the relegation zone, thanks to Hull City's 4-2 win over Middlesbrough, who remain in 19th place.
Arsenal are back in fifth place on goal difference thanks to their easy win over West Ham United, while Crystal Palace have been brought crashing back down to earth on the south coast where Southampton came from behind to win.
Janssen flicks the ball into Alli who improvises brilliantly to flick it over his shoulder and back into the path of the Dutchman, who races into the box to reach the return. Fabianski bravely races out to meet him and gets to the ball first and makes a terrific block, getting a clattering for his trouble.
Arsenal break the deadlock! West Ham fail to clear the ball and it falls to Ozil on the edge of the box, who keeps his cool and curls a precise effort into the far corner. Alexis Sanchez jumped across the shot as it made it's way on goal, with Randolph insisting the Chilean was interfering with play. Martin Atkinson is having none of it however and the goal stands.
Tottenham scream for a penalty! Eriksen flings a superb ball into the box that Davies leaps to nod across goal to Son. He blasts a shot on goal from close range but it is blocked by Fernandez. By his hand? Nope, Tottenham's appeals are waved away and replays suggest the Spaniard blocked it with his chest.
A couple of goals right at the end! Palace's lead at Southampton has been wiped out by Nathan Redmond, who fires home from inside the box after collecting a cross from James Ward-Prowse who maybe found his way past Wilf Zaha a little too easily.
Hull have also seen their two-goal lead reduced with Marten de Roon heading home. Should it have stood? Maybe not, he looked to be stood in an offside position when Ben Gibson's header reached him.
Palace have the lead on the south coast! Their brilliant week has just got a bit better with Christian Benteke capping another fine move and again Zaha is involved, squirming past three challenges before freeing Puncheon. He in turns looks for Andros Townsend who finds the big Belgian in space and it is an easy finish to give his side the lead.
Oh Theo. A woeful pass out from Collins athe back is pounced upon by Welbeck and slides a pass into the path of Walcott who is breaking into the box from the right. Shooting across goal looks to be the better shout, but instead he opts for the near post and doesn't even manage to get close to that, lashing his wild effort well wide.
Danny Welbeck passes up a golden opportunity to give Arsenal the lead! From a free kick 25 yards out, Alexis Sanchez dinks a clever ball into the six yard area for the former Manchester United forward to meet on the volley. Instead, he connects with nothing but fresh air. It was a difficult chance, but he should have done better.
Swamsea take the lead at the Liberty! Jordan Ayew scampers down the inside right flank, dropping a couple of step overs to easily evade some weak defending from Ben Davies. The former Aston Villa man is able to pick out Routledge in the six yard area and the former Spurs winger drags his shot into the far corner, past Vorm into the far corner.
There are a few reunions at the Liberty Stadium tonight. Spurs duo Ben Davies and Michel Vorm both start against their former club with Tom Carroll in the Swans midfield against the club he left in January. Gylfi Sigurdsson also lines up against his former employers.
Paul Clement said earlier this week Fernando Llorente was "touch and go" for this match, but the big Spaniard misses out.
Danny Welbeck is given the nod to lead the attack again tonight in front of Mesut Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez. As expected, Laurent Koscielny misses out with Gabriel stepping at centre-half. The big story is in goal, however, with Emiliano Martinez stepping in with both Petr Cech and David Ospina missing through injury.
22-year-old Matt Macey is his deputy on the bench, where he is joined by the returning Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Aaron Ramsey.
We will be staying across the four 7:45pm kick offs this evening; they are:
Arsenal vs West Ham
Hull vs Middlesbrough
Southampton vs Crystal Palace
Swansea vs Tottenham
We'll have team news on all four of those games coming up shortly, or you can follow all the build-up for Chelsea vs Manchester City and Liverpool vs Bournemouth.
Team news: Arsenal
Arsene Wenger could face a major selection problem in goal this evening. Petr Cech is ruled out until next Monday's game away to Crystal Palace at the earliest. David Ospina has acted as a fine deputy this season , but according to The Mirror, the Colombian is now also unavailable due to a back injury.
That leaves the Arsenal boss with third-choice Emiliano Martinez. Let's hope Wenger was serious when he described the Argentine as his future no. 1 earlier this season.
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic on the returning Antonio:
"Mikey Antonio is back, which is of course good news for us, great news for us. Mikey trained the last couple of days and he had a small chance to make it for the Hull game, but it was too early for him. We're going to see him on Tuesday and he's definitely going to be involved in the game, but whether he is going to start or not depends. It looks really good and it's a big boost for us because we are talking about one of our best players."
Team news: West Ham
It is good news as far as West Ham's attacking options are concerned; both Michail Antonio and Diafra Sakho are fit again. Antoinio could even feature tonight having recovered from a hamstring injury but the match in north London comes too soon for Sakho, who hasn't featured since November.
Team news: Arsenal
Both Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain missed the draw at Manchester City on Sunday but Wenger expects both of them to make the squad at the Emirates tonight. Wenger told reporters on Tuesday: "
Chamberlain and Ramsey have a test today. There is a good chance they are back in the squad.
Team news: Arsenal
Laurent Koscielny won't feature tonight after he was withdrawn at half-time of a 2-2 Premier League draw at the Emirates Stadium after sustaining an Achilles problem.
The Gunners are yet to determine the severity of the problem but it could be bad enough to rule him out of the remainder of the season.
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