Harry Kane scored his twenty second Premier League purpose of the season as Tottenham Hotspur beat Wolves 2-0 on Sunday to keep up their hopes of a top-four end.
England captain Kane fired Spurs forward on the stroke of half-time earlier than Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg doubled their lead within the 62nd minute.
Victory left Spurs in sixth place, 5 factors behind fourth-placed Chelsea, with a most of six factors accessible to them from their closing two league video games.
The prime 4 within the Premier League are assured of a spot within the 2021/22 Champions League.
Already topped Premier League title-winners Manchester City and Chelsea will contest this season’s Champions League closing in Porto on May 29.
But if the Blues — overwhelmed in Saturday’s FA Cup closing by Leicester — stay within the prime 4 there received’t be an extra Champions League place given to the fifth-placed facet within the Premier League.
Deposed English champions Liverpool, at the moment fifth, will transfer to inside a degree of Chelsea in the event that they win away to already-relegated West Bromwich Albion later Sunday.
Eighth-placed Everton, Liverpool’s native rivals, are at dwelling to backside of the desk Sheffield United within the day’s concluding Premier League match.
Kane’s purpose put him again in entrance of Liverpool’s Mohamed Saleh within the race for the Premier League’s golden boot as properly as strengthening Spurs’ hopes of a Europa League place.
“Today our efficiency was wonderful,” interim Spurs manager Ryan Mason told the BBC. “We controlled the game.
“This is Tottenham Hotspur. We want to be playing in the biggest competition in the biggest games. This season hasn’t gone to plan,” added Mason, appointed after the north London membership sacked Jose Mourinho.
Kane gave Spurs the lead working onto Hojbjerg’s by way of ball behind the Wolves defence, earlier than rounding goalkeeper Rui Patricio and curling the ball into the nook of the online.
Hojbjerg made it 2-0 simply after the hour when he {followed} up Gareth Bale’s shot and tapped the ball in after Patricio may solely parry.
– Palace hit again -Earlier, Crystal Palace twice got here from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2, with Tyrick Mitchell’s first purpose for the membership sealing victory six minutes from time.
John McGinn’s third purpose of the season put Villa forward within the seventeenth minute at Selhurst Park earlier than Christian Benteke equalised in opposition to his former membership with a Thirty second-minute header.
But Palace fell behind once more two minutes later when Anwar El Ghazi scored from shut vary.
The Eagles equalised for a second time within the 76th minute when Wilfried Zaha grabbed his eleventh purpose of the season with low shot deflected in off Ahmed Elmohamady.
The comeback was full within the 84th minute when the 21-year-old Mitchell followed-up from shut vary after team-mate Eberechi Eze had miscued.
Victory lifted Palace to thirteenth.
Palace hope to welcome again supporters for Wednesday’s match at dwelling to Arsenal.
“Let’s hope we are able to encourage these followers who’re right here on Wednesday night time to make noise,” Palace supervisor Roy Hodgson advised the BBC.
“We have to reproduce what we did in the second half and give them something to enjoy,” the previous England boss added.
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