Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 with Leeds United on Monday and remained 17th in the Premier League, two points clear of 18th-placed West Ham United. [1, 2, 3]
The point left Tottenham unable to stretch the gap to West Ham to four points, while both clubs still have 2 league games left. [1, 2, 3] West Ham are also fighting to avoid the drop and are in danger of joining already-relegated Burnley and Wolves. [1] Tottenham have not won a home league match since 6 December. [1]
West Ham’s own fight tightened after a 1-0 defeat by Arsenal on Sunday, when a stoppage-time equaliser by Callum Wilson was ruled out by VAR. [1] Tottenham’s draw came one day later and kept the relegation race open, with the Opta supercomputer giving West Ham an 80.5% chance of going down and Tottenham 19.5%. [1]
Nuno Espirito Santo said the battle was far from over. "It's going to be tough [to stay up] - we know it is not in our hands," he said. "We will fight for it and we will keep on fighting." [1]
West Ham visit Newcastle United on Saturday before Tottenham travel away to Chelsea two days later. If the fight reaches the final day on 24 May, Tottenham will host Everton and West Ham will host Leeds. [1]
