Manchester United moved back into second place in the Premier League as substitute Jesse Lingard gave them victory over top-four rivals Chelsea at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils had to come from behind after Willian started and finished a flowing move to give the visitors the lead in the first half.
United pulled level before the break, with striker Romelu Lukaku getting in front of Marcos Alonso to score against his former club for the first time.
Lukaku then set up Lingard to head home with 15 minutes left, after which Chelsea's Alvaro Morata had a goal incorrectly disallowed for offside.
Defeat leaves the Blues in fifth place after Tottenham beat Crystal Palace 1-0 earlier on Sunday.
A run of just one win in their past four league matches, coupled with Spurs' 10-game unbeaten streak, means they are out of the Champions League places with 10 games remaining.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham 0-1
Harry Kane’s late goal salvaged three points from a sluggish Tottenham performance against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park to take Spurs above Chelsea and into the Premier League top four.
Crystal Palace, without 12 first team players due to an injury crisis Roy Hodgson described as unlike anything he’d seen before, are level on points with 18-th-placed Swansea following the defeat, and face a tough run-in.
While the visitors dominated, Palace still had their chances as a defence without both Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld offered a number of gaps.
Tottenham continued to plug away to no avail, prompting Pochettino to hand a Premier League debut to Brazilian Lucas Moura, before sacrificing Mousa Dembele for Heung-min Son as his side looked for a way through.
As they had done time and again at Wembley earlier in the season, Spurs looked to have run out of ideas until, at the tenth time of asking, a Christian Eriksen corner paid off.
The Dane looped a high ball to the far post where Kane rose unchallenged to head home a fifth goal in as many games and, for now, take Spurs into the Champions League places.
For Palace, a gutting blow puts them in a tough position: out of the bottom three on goal difference alone, with Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool to come in the next four League games, and as much was clear at full time.
via Loud Naija Media
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