Premier League round-up: Spurs keep title dream alive

Premier League results:

Arsenal 1-0 Leicester
Crystal Palace 0-1 Tottenham
Middlesbrough 1-0 Sunderland

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Christian Eriksen kept Tottenham's title hopes alive with a crucial strike to sink Crystal Palace 1-0.

The Dane rescued Spurs with a long-range drive 12 minutes from time to ensure they remain four points behind leaders Chelsea.

Tottenham had endured a tough few days, losing the FA Cup semi-final to the Blues on Saturday before Antonio Conte's side beat Southampton 4-2 to stay in control at the top.

They desperately needed a pick-me-up at Selhurst Park to keep their season alive, but that was never going to be easy against an in-form Palace side looking to add them to the scalps of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool this month alone.

Their usually deadly front two of Harry Kane and Dele Alli were kept quiet by a Palace rearguard marshalled superbly by the returning Mamadou Sakho.

But when Sakho was forced off injured midway through the second half, Spurs sensed their chance and Eriksen's eighth goal of the season keeps them in touch at the top with five games to go.

Marten de Roon fired Middlesbrough to a 1-0 victory in the desperation derby as Sunderland's hopes of another remarkable Premier League escape were dealt a potentially fatal blow.

The 26-year-old Dutchman, a £12million summer signing from Atalanta, struck just nine minutes into a tense relegation showdown between the bottom two to secure a first league win since December 17 and leave the locals among a crowd of 30,742 daring to believe survival is a possibility for their club.

It remains a tall order, with Steve Agnew's men still six points adrift of safety with only four matches to go, but they are significantly better off than the Black Cats, who are six points further adrift with just a single game in hand.

Elsewhere on the night, Arsenal kept their hopes of a top-four finish alive as a late Robert Huth own goal was enough for them to see off reigning champions Leicester 1-0.

After the toxic atmosphere of recent weeks diminished somewhat after a semi-final victory over Manchester City at Wembley on Sunday, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger looked like being brought back down to earth by the Foxes.

However, Nacho Monreal's late effort flew in off the unwitting Huth to seal a scrappy 1-0 home win.

Sky Bet reacted to Wednesday night's results by clipping Spurs back to 6/1 for the title.

They were pushed out to 8/1 following Chelsea's impressive defeat of Southampton on Tuesday evening but closing the gap back to four points has seen Tottenham's odds contract again.

Middlesbrough breathed some life into their survival bid by beating Sunderland but the writing appears already to be on the wall for both clubs and Sky Bet have removed them from the relegation market, which saw 18th-placed Swanse remain at 3/2 and Burnley cut slightly from 22/1 to 20s.

Arsenal are in a point to 5/1 to finish inside the top four but the Gunners remain four points off the pace, while fourth take on fifth in the Manchester derby on Thursday evening.

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