Minute-by-Minute Review: Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 Palace

1'- Jerome free on a break, but is a step offside.
2'- Puncheon curls one inches wide of the far post from the edge of the box.
5'- Bentaleb shoots from 25 yards, Speroni spills the rebound, but pounces on it just in time.
8'- Chamakh gets knocked by Dembele in the box. Penalty to Palace. Puncheon sprays the penalty way wide to the left. Awful penalty.
11'- Chamakh heads over off Puncheon's corner.
21'- A lot of time in the Spurs' end, but Palace can't get many quality opportunities.
26'- Parr's shot from 12 yards deflected away for a corner.
28'- Jerome inside the box takes a chance, the rebound spills out to a Spurs defender.
30'- Possession: 66% to 34% for Spurs.
31'- Lennon's cross into the six is hit well, but Adebayor can't get a diving header onto the ball.
32'- Puncheon's shot from the box is deflected into the side netting.
33'- The resulting corner sees Chamakh's tip knocked into Bolasie and cleared away.
34'- Bentaleb fires one from 30 yards off the post, across the face of goal, and out for a goal kick.
45'- Two added minutes.

48'- Eriksen's shot from 12 yards is deflected away for a corner. Naughton replaces Walker for Spurs.
50'- Chiriches fires well wide. Spurs are fired up early in this second half. Eriksen then booms one home from 12 yards out past Speroni. Adebayor's header sets up the goal.
55'- Delaney clears a cross over the crossbar for a corner.
57'- Defoe in for Soldado.
58'- Jerome fires into the side netting from a tight angle.
62'- Defoe sprays one wide; Adebayor was on the end of it, too.
64'- A shot deflects to Speroni, who gets bumped into for a foul.
68'- Williams replaces Bolasie, Gayle in for Jerome.
70'- Mariappa cautioned.
73'- Defoe slots one in after Parr slips, enabling Defoe to chip it in from six yards out. Arguably offside by a fraction.
76'- Chadli in for Eriksen.
77'- Jedinak picks up a yellow.
80'- Naughton with a yellow.
81'- Ward hits a wayward shot to the right.
82'- Guedioura comes in for Puncheon.
90'- Gayle heads one wide off a cross and deflected away for a corner. Jedinak is inches wide off another corner. Four added minutes to come.
90'+2- Guedioura hits an optimistic blast, and misses just inches wide from 35 yards away.
90'+4- Chamakh heads onto the roof of the net, after being tipped by Lloris. He misses another header high off the next corner.

FINAL: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 - 0 PALACE

My "Man of the Match":

Delaney. Decent defensive effort.

This EPL table is so tight now. Just six points separating 10th from 20th, which is where Palace falls to now with the defeat. Home against 12th-placed Stoke next Saturday.