Three penalties awarded as Wolves held at Bournemouth
Saturday 23 February 2019 20:44, UK
Tottenham's title bid suffered a major blow despite a goal from Harry Kane as Burnley condemned them to a 2-1 defeat, while Newcastle beat 10-man Huddersfield.
Not even Kane's goalscoring return after six weeks out injured could inspire Spurs to a victory which would have moved them to within two points of Manchester City and Liverpool at the top. Liverpool travel to Manchester United on Sunday while City are in Carabao Cup final action.
Kane cancelled out Chris Wood's header to give Spurs the chance to make major inroads in the title race, but instead a late Ashley Barnes winner dealt them a damaging defeat.
After a goalless first half, Kane was denied a spectacular goal when Burnley keeper Tom Heaton palmed his 25-yard drive wide at full stretch.
It was a fine save and could have proved decisive as, moments later, Wood rose highest at a corner to head in off the crossbar and give Burnley a 57th-minute lead.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino protested that the corner should not have been given, but he was celebrating eight minutes later while the Burnley bench felt aggrieved.
Danny Rose stole around 10 yards at the throw-in which sent Kane bearing down on goal, the England captain holding off the challenge of Ben Mee before slotting in the equaliser.
But with Tottenham looking for a winner they took their eye off the ball at the back, and when Johann Berg Gudmundsson scuffed a shot across goal with seven minutes left Barnes was on hand to finish at the far post.
Bournemouth and Wolves drew 1-1 after a match that resembled a penalty shoot-out.
Joshua King took two, scoring one and missing one, while Raul Jimenez equalised for Wolves.
Bournemouth took a 14th-minute lead after King went down under a challenge from Joao Moutinho.
King dusted himself down to clinically tuck the penalty into the corner for his ninth goal of the season and fourth from the spot.
Jimenez hauled Wolves level after Matt Doherty went down in the area in the 83rd minute, and when referee Roger East awarded a third spot-kick for a foul on Ryan Fraser two minutes later, King blazed his second attempt wide.
Newcastle boosted their survival hopes with a 2-0 win over basement side Huddersfield.
Town were reduced to 10 men after only 21 minutes, Tommy Smith shown a straight red card by referee Kevin Friend after going over the ball in a challenge on Miguel Almiron.
Salomon Rondon and Ayoze Perez scored Newcastle's goals inside the opening seven minutes of the second half, while the impressive Almiron was only denied a dream home debut by the woodwork.
Wilfried Zaha's brace inspired Crystal Palace to an emphatic 4-1 victory at Leicester to pile more pressure on Foxes boss Claude Puel.
The in-form forward struck his fourth goal in three games - having failed to net in his previous 18 outings - to help seal an impressive win.
Michy Batshuayi's fortunate first-half opener had been briefly cancelled out by Jonny Evans after the break. But Zaha hit back and Evans conceded a penalty to allow Luka Milivojevic to make it 3-1, before Zaha hit a fourth on the break in injury time.
Victory allowed Palace boss Roy Hodgson to enjoy his milestone, passing Sir Bobby Robson as the oldest man to manage a Premier League game at 71 years and 198 days old.
