Tottenham 1 West Brom 1 - Report and pictures

Craig Dawson cancelled out his first-half own goal with a header 17 minutes from time to earn West Brom a draw that derailed Tottenham's title hopes.

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Having bundled Christian Eriksen's free-kick into his own net in the 33rd minute, the Baggies right-back looked like he'd opened the floodgates for Mauricio Pochettino's team.

Spurs hit the woodwork on three separate occasions and could have been home and hosed by half-time.

But Tony Pulis's side slowly grew into the game and, when they got the equaliser, it was Dawson who found the net again, this time from a corner.

The draw halts a three-match losing streak for Albion, but leaves Spurs seven points behind leaders Leicester and hoping for a miracle with just three games remaining.

Former Tottenham target Saido Berahino and Baggies goalkeeper Ben Foster were unavailable, with ankle injuries forcing Pulis to bring Salomon Rondon and Boaz Myhill into the starting line up.

He also replaced Sandro in central midfield with Craig Gardner, while Pochettino understandably named an unchanged side from the one that trounced Stoke City.

Unsurpringly, the title-chasers started on the front foot and Myhill was called into action twice in the opening six minutes.

Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1): Lloris (c), Walker, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Rose, Dier (Mason 74), Dembele, Lamela (Son 84), Alli (Chadli 89), Eriksen, Kane.

Unused subs: Vorm (gk), Trippier, Carroll, Davies.

West Bromwich Albion (4-1-4-1): Myhill, Dawson, Olsson, McAuley, Evans, Yacob, Sessegnon (Sandro 89), Gardner, Fletcher (c), McClean, Rondon.

Unused subs: Palmer (gk), Chester, Anichebe, Lambert, Roberts, Leko.

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Although Christian Eriksen's free-kick was a nice height for the stand-in goalkeeper to tip around the post, it was a useful warm-up save for his superb reaction stop that denied Harry Kane moments later.

The Premier League's top scorer worked his way into the Albion box with a penetrating one-two with Dele Alli, but Myhill's reflexes pushed his shot onto the post and clear.

Spurs started like a freight train and they hit the woodwork again before the Baggies had chance to catch their breath.

This time, Eriksen's free-kick beat Myhill, but it bounced off the top of the bar and over.

Albion's forays up the pitch with Pulis bellowing in their ears were few and far between and wave after wave of white froth kept flooding forward.

A well-timed Gareth McAuley tackle denied Kane before the Spurs striker tested Myhill again from long range.

Pochettino's team were irresistable in possession, confident in all areas of the pitch, and their sweeping counter attacks knitted together by deft Alli touches looked lethal.

But Albion eventually managed to get a tiny foothold on the game and the visitors had their first shot on the half hour mark, when Craig Gardner blazed over Dawson's low cross.

That foot-hold was immediately relinquished though when another Eriksen free-kick finally yielded a Tottenham goal.

Nobody has created more goalscoring chances in the Premier League this season than the Dane, and his deep cross was itching to be converted.

It proved too dangerous for Dawson, who bundled it into his own net with his chest, as he and Jan Vertonghen wrestled each other to the floor.

The deadlock was broken and much earlier than Pulis would have wanted it.

Albion responded before half-time, winning a few corners and forcing the home side to block a couple of shots, but Hugo Lloris was never troubled in the Spurs goal.

However, the home side were lucky to go into half-time with all 11 men because the officials missed a nasty punch from Alli - the newly-crowned PFA Young Player of the Year - into Claudio Yacob's midriff.

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Gardner berated referee Mike Jones all the way down the tunnel at half-time, but he was furious with the decision to award the free-kick that led to Tottenham's goal.

That grievance appeared to put some fire in the belly of the Albion players, who started the second half on a much more equal footing with their hosts.

Stephane Sessegnon was finding pockets of space in midfield, and the red shirts were keeping the ball for longer than 10 seconds.

Craig Dawson whipped a dangerous low ball across the six yard box that was begging to be tucked in, but there was no Albion player there to capitalise on it.

But just before the hour mark Spurs nearly added a brilliant second.

Bombing down the left wing, Eriksen played a gorgeous one-two with Alli before outpacing Yacob and squaring it to Kane, who's first-time guided shot hit the post and was scrambled clear.

But Albion had their best chance of the game soon after, when Gardner swung in a looping cross that Rondon lept highest for before heading just a foot wide.

Eriksen and Dembele flashed long-rang efforts off target before the impressive Myhill was called into action once more, rushing off his line to head clear a ball over the top.

But the Baggies were getting closer to scoring, and Lloris had to pull off a superb reflex save to tip over Rondon's thunderous shot destined for the roof of the net.

The Spurs captain came and failed to gather the resulting corner, allowing Dawson to head home an equaliser and cancel out his earlier own-goal.

Spurs pushed for the much-needed winner, but Albion looked just as dangerous on the counter attack and Sessegnon hit the side netting twice.

The hosts huffed and puffed in the final few minutes but the Baggies held out for a point that surely hands the title to Leicester City.