Christian Eriksen maintained his hot goalscoring streak, striking both goals in Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 win at struggling Stoke City to extend Spurs’ winning sequence on Saturday.
Harry Kane was back to lead Spurs in his first start for nearly a month after recovering from an ankle problem but it was their great Dane Eriksen who struck twice in 11 minutes after halftime to take his tally to five goals in three games.
He struck after 52 minutes before a mistake from Hugo Lloris on his 200th Premier League appearance allowed Mame Biram Diouf to equalise within five minutes.
Eriksen then curled in a fiendish 63rd-minute freekick to which Kane claimed to have got the faintest finishing touch with his head only for replays to show the Dane had scored the goal that allowed Spurs to join third-placed Liverpool on 67 points with a sixth straight league win.
Though Xherdan Shaqiri led a late fightback for the home side, hitting the bar with a freekick, Stoke remain rooted one from bottom.
Everton (0) 0
Liverpool (0) 0
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AFC Bournemouth (0) 2
Scorers: L. Mousset 65, J. King 89
Crystal Palace (0) 2
Scorers: L. Milivojević 47, W. Zaha 75
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Brighton & Hove Albion (1) 1
Scorers: J. Lössl 29og
Huddersfield Town (1) 1
Scorers: S. Mounié 32
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Leicester City (0) 1
Scorers: J. Vardy 83
Newcastle United (1) 2
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Stoke City (0) 1
Scorers: M. Diouf 57
Tottenham Hotspur (0) 2
Scorers: C. Eriksen 52, C. Eriksen 63
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Watford (0) 1
Scorers: R. Pereyra 61
Burnley (0) 2
Scorers: S. Vokes 70, J. Cork 73
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West Bromwich Albion (0) 1
Scorers: J. Rodriguez 54
Swansea City (0) 1
Scorers: T. Abraham 75
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Manchester City (2) 2
Manchester United(0) 3
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Sunday, April 8 fixtures (BST/GMT)
Arsenal v Southampton (1415/1315)
Chelsea v West Ham United (1630/1530)