Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League live!
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Tottenham Hotspur travel to Selhurst Park in Sunday’s early Premier League kick-off needing to win to keep their top four hopes alive.
Spurs currently sit fifth but can temporarily leapfrog Chelsea with a win, ahead of their match with Manchester United. But Spurs will need to win without their first-choice defensive partnership of Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld. In their absence, Davinson Sanchez and Eric Dier line up together in the heart of a four-man defence.
Crystal Palace have injuries of their own to worry about, leading to Roy Hodgson giving 20-year-old Aaron Wan-Bissaka a start. Jaïro Riedewald is also named in their starting XI.
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Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
1: We're off! Totteham get us underway at Selhurst Park.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
2: Patrick van Aanholt and Jairo Reidewald combine to win Palace a corner. Luka Milivojevic takes and Spurs eventually clear after a goal-mouth scramble.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
4: A very low winter sun is causing a few players some problems at Selhurst Park. Alex Sorloth jumps up for a header in the centre of the pitch but completely misses the ball. Keep an eye on this one, but don't look directly into the sun.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
7: Timothy Fosu-Mensah hauls down Dele Alli about 40 yards from goal. Christian Eriksen lifts the free kick towards Ben Davies who capitalises on Wayne Hennessey's indecisiveness and squares a ball across the face of goal only for Palace to clear.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
9: What a save! Patrick van Aanholt inadvertently makes a mess of a clearance and plays the ball to Harry Kane inside the six yard box but Wayne Hennessey is on hand to quickly close down the angles.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
11: Luka Milivojevic takes a deep free kick which he lofts to the back post. There and waiting is James Tomkins who heads the ball towards goal but the lack of power in his effort give Hugo Lloris an easy save to make.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
13: Christian Eriksen tries to lob Wayne Hennessey from a deep free kick but the goalkeeper uses every inch of his tall frame to keep out the cheeky effort.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
15: Tottenham have had 75 per cent of the play in the first 15 minutes at Selhurst Park. You sense this is either looking like a one-sided mauling or a smash and grab. Only time will tell which way this goes.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
16: Patrick van Aanholt races down the left wing and fires a low-ish cross towards Christain Benteke who is just beaten to the ball by Hugo Lloris. Spurs counter and a long central ball skids off the wet surface and is narrowly missed by Dele Alli who can't quite get on the end of the pass on the edge of the box.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Tottenham
18: Palace launch a string of crosses into the box and James McArthur gets a good connection on a shot from the edge of the box but it's blocked and Spurs clear.
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