Overview
- Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in London with a 42nd-minute close-range header from 19-year-old Archie Gray, his first senior goal, to close the Premier League’s 18th round.
- Spurs halted a run of two straight defeats and just one win in their previous eight league matches, moving to 25 points.
- Crystal Palace had two Richarlison goals ruled out for offside by VAR and struck the post through Wilson Odobert, suffering a third consecutive defeat and a fifth match without a win after a fifth game in 11 days.
- Sunderland and Leeds finished 1-1 at the Stadium of Light, with Adingra scoring for the hosts before Dominic Calvert-Lewin equalised to extend his scoring streak to six matches.
- Sunderland rose to 28 points in seventh place as Leeds stretched their positive run to five games, with New Year fixtures next up for Palace against Fulham, Sunderland against Manchester City, and Leeds at Liverpool.