LONDON —
Tottenham powered into fourth place in the Premier League with a 5–1 rout of
Newcastle, while West Ham’s 2–1 victory pushed Everton deeper into relegation
trouble on Sunday.
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Antonio Conte’s
side staged a stirring comeback to make it five wins from their last six league
games.
Newcastle struck
first through Fabian Schar, but Ben Davies equalized before the break in north
London.
Matt Doherty,
Son Heung-min, Emerson Royal, and Steven Bergwijn netted after half-time as
Tottenham climbed above bitter rivals Arsenal on goal difference.
Arsenal, who
have two games in hand on Tottenham, can regain fourth place if they avoid
defeat at
Crystal Palace on Monday.
Regardless of
that result, Tottenham are firmly in the race to qualify for next season’s
Champions League, despite Conte’s claim that it would be a miracle to finish in
the top four.
“It’s very
difficult to be in the race for the
Champions League. We want to stay there
until the end. We have to continue to play this way with intensity,” Conte
said.
“I’m very happy.
I was happy before the international break. I said it was a pity we had to
stop. I asked my players today to start in the same way we left.
“We know we have
eight final games. Arsenal has a good advantage but to play against us in this
moment is not easy.”
Newcastle
snatched the lead against the run of play in the 39th minute when Schar’s
freekick from the edge of the area caught
Hugo Lloris unsighted as it evaded
the Tottenham keeper’s weak attempted save.
But Tottenham
were level four minutes later as Son’s teasing cross was glanced home by Davies
from six yards for his first Premier League goal since 2017.
Harry Kane was
the provider when Tottenham moved ahead in the 48th minute, the England captain
whipping over a fine cross that Doherty stooped to head in from close range.
Needing another
goal to overtake
Arsenal, Conte’s men struck again six minutes later as Kane’s
pass picked out Dejan Kulusevski and his cross was slotted in by Son for his
15th goal this season.
Emerson bagged
his first Tottenham goal with a close-range finish from Doherty’s cross in the
63rd minute before Bergwijn came off the bench to drill home with seven minutes
left.
In turmoil when
Conte arrived in November to replace the sacked Nuno
Espirito Santo, Tottenham
have renewed hope of an uplifting end to the season.
At the London
Stadium,
David Moyes’ side moved up to sixth place thanks to Jarrod Bowen’s
second-half winner on the forward’s return from a month out with a foot injury.
Aaron Cresswell
had put West Ham ahead with a superb 32nd minute freekick before Mason Holgate
equalized with a deflected effort soon after the interval.
Everton angst
Everton were effectively out of the contest when Michael Keane was sent
off midway through the second half.
Everton’s fifth
defeat in their last six league games leaves them languishing just three points
above the relegation zone.
Frank Lampard’s
team have two games in hand on third-bottom Watford, but their proud record of
playing in the top-flight every season since 1954–55 remains under serious
threat.
Lampard publicly
questioned his players’ character after their FA Cup quarter-final thrashing at
Crystal Palace.
They were more
committed in their first outing since then, but there was no improvement in the
worst away record in
England’s four professional divisions this term.
A trip to second-bottom
Burnley on Wednesday looms as a vital clash in Everton’s fight for survival.
“The reality is
that we are in that kind of moment where everything is going against us,
decisions, moments in games, red cards,” Lampard said.
“I can’t fault
the players, their character. The performance was really positive and we have
10 games to perform like that again.”
Beaten in two of
their previous three league matches,
West Ham are just three points behind
Tottenham and Arsenal.
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