It’s as you have been within the relegation battle as West Ham and Tottenham matched Nottingham Forest’s victory on Friday night with all three relegation-threatened sides determined to keep away from becoming a member of Burnley and Wolves within the Championship subsequent season.
Their victories have even dragged Leeds again into the combination, already on 40 factors. But it surely took late winners for West Ham and Tottenham on a Saturday filled with late drama. Spurs have been 4 factors adrift at one stage – after which out of the drop zone utterly!
They end it the place they began – two factors behind their London rivals however with renewed perception because of Joao Palhinha’s 82nd-minute winner over Wolves at Molineux. Spurs have their very first Premier League win of 2026 and first below Roberto De Zerbi.
For Nuno, the ache of Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor’s 88th minute equaliser that cancelled out Tomas Soucek’s opener turned to pleasure when Callum Wilson pulled the three factors out of the bag with the winner in stoppage-time. The Hammers rank sixth since mid-January.
What the managers stated…
West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo:
“Nobody is making it easy. It’s going to be a big fight, I think, until the end. But the good thing is that we don’t give up. We’re still on it. The momentum, especially here at the London Stadium, I think it’s a huge factor in the Premier League.”
Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi:
“I hope this result can change something in our head, in our mentality, and for the other result. It’s really very tough to win a game for us, if we put our head on the other teams, it becomes too tough for me.
“They need to be constructive, they need to really feel full confidence, as a result of they’re good, and to not see the opposite outcomes. For instance, West Ham. And we have now to maneuver on and put together for the subsequent video games. Now the primary recreation is at Villa Park, and that is it.”
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Palhinha prepared for ‘4 finals’
Joao Palhinha talking after his match-winner for Spurs:
“It’s not a normal season that we have been living until today. We all have responsibility for this season, but the reality is we have four finals in the league and we need to do our job.
“Hopefully, this win can change what occurred up to now, give us a bit extra motivation as properly, as a result of it has been a very long time with out victories. Particularly in among the video games that we must always have taken some extra factors, rather more.
“I think it happened a lot, but sometimes it’s the details. But what we can control right now is doing our job until the end of the season and try to keep the club where it belongs, which is the Premier League.”
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May Tottenham accidents be an element?
One concern for Spurs is that their win got here at a value with Dominic Solanke and Xavi Simons each going off injured, becoming a member of Cristian Romero and Mohammed Kudus on the damage listing since De Zerbi’s arrival. It’s a downside that the Italian might do with out.
“Solanke is a muscular injury, I don’t know what level of injury, and for Xavi it’s a problem of the knee. We’re going to see in the next days, Monday or Tuesday,” stated De Zerbi.
Tottenham’s Xavi Simons seems injured earlier than being stretchered off at Wolves
“For Solanke it’s not a big problem, I don’t know how many games we lose him, but I would like to know the situation of Xavi, because the knee is always different than the muscular injury. I spoke with him two minutes ago, he feels better than at the beginning of the injury.
“I would not wish to lose every other gamers, as a result of Romero, Kudus, now Solanke and possibly Xavi, we will win the video games with the gamers, not with the coaches. The coaches are vital, however the gamers are extra vital. However I need to be constructive.”
Leeds and Forest aren’t secure but!
Former Nottingham Forest and Tottenham defender Michael Dawson talking on Soccer Saturday:
“Psychologically, we talk about that relegation battle, Spurs haven’t been in it, the players haven’t been in this situation. But you could tell they were fighting, you could see that.
“And also you’d say, properly, the place’s it been for the final 15 video games? Sure, they have not at all times received what they deserve, however they have been properly under par.
“But they showed a fighting spirit today, and that will be a massive bonus for Roberto De Zerbi, you see him after, his emotions. That momentum might change now.
“Let me inform you, this is not carried out with Leeds United and Nottingham Forest but. Leeds United need to play West Ham on the ultimate day, they usually’ve received to go to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. So, there’s loads of soccer nonetheless to be performed.”
