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FT: Spurs 1-3 Crystal Palace - Solanke opens scoring Sarr levels from spot as Van der Ven sent off, before Strand Larsen and Sarr goals Tudor's Tottenham just one point clear of relegation zone Palace nine points ahead of hosts How relegation could cost Spurs more than £250m Get Involved: Comment on this page, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Steve Sutcliffe Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Ismaila Sarr tries to cross to the back post and gets it all wrong. The Crystal Palace forward completely overhits his curling cross and it gives Spurs a throw mid-way inside their half. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Glenn Murray Former Crystal Palace on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium It is the manner in which Yves Bissouma approached the referee. I feel as though Kevin Danso knew what he was doing there. He held his ground knowing that Tyrick Mitchell was going to win the ball and Danso stood strong to shoulder barge him to the floor. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma is booked for dissent. How stupid. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Christantus Uche and Will Hughes get a run out for Palace as Adam Wharton and Jorgen Strand Larsen get a little rest for the closing stages of this match. Use 'Get involved' to have your say Even the ref has seen enough! Pearson Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Referee Andy Madley has an issue with his headset so that prompts a short delay and an opportunity for more Spurs fans to head for the exits. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Pedro Porro looked to be absolutely seething when he came off a few minutes back. Not sure I'd want to be in the Tottenham dressing room at full-time. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Joe Rindl BBC Sport Seventy-seven minutes in and here are the first sacked in the morning chants from the away fans. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Jonathan Pearce BBC Radio 5 Live commentator at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Pedro Porro looks disgusted. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Xavi Simons and Richarlison enter the fray for the hosts. Pedro Porro and Dominic Solanke are the men to make way. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace There's a coming together between Kevin Danso and Jorgen Strand Larsen in the Tottenham area but the referee waves away any penalty appeal. And thankfully for Tottenham VAR isn't getting involved. Use 'Get involved' to have your say Someone should let Igor Tudor know that the last time Spurs had a week off they sacked their manager. .. . Nick Millwall could be 3 months away from replacing Spurs in the Premier League. .. Ben Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Glenn Murray Former Crystal Palace on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Jorgen Strand Larsen cut back in, and he tried to swing at it with his left foot. If that nestled in the back of the net, that would have been some sequence of passing. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Really good centre-forward play from Jorgen Strand Larsen, who makes a run down the right channel, spins back inside and curls an effort just wide of the Tottenham post from 20 yards. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Glenn Murray Former Crystal Palace on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium There was no options in the box, so Dominic Solanke knew he had to manufacture a shot in some capacity. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace That has to go down as a decent chance. Spurs forward Dominic Solanke gets in down the left channel and forward Dean Henderson into a save. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace That is Evann Guessand's last involvement. He is replaced by former Spurs winger Brennan Johnson. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Evann Guessand delays a pass into Ismaila Sarr and a decent opportunity for Crystal Palace to inflict further misery on Tottenham is gone. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace As things stand, only Wolves (20) have lost more home Premier League games than Tottenham (19) since the start of last season. Spurs also have the fewest home points (31) of any ever present side since the start of 2024-25 season. Tottenham 1-3 Crystal Palace Glenn Murray Former Crystal Palace on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium I was giving Spurs fans a moment to come back in after their half-time beverages. I think 40% have left. This video can not be played Highlights: Five defeats in a row for Tottenham as they lose to Crystal Palace At a glance Crystal Palace fight back at the end of the first half after Dominic Solanke opener Micky van de Ven red card is turning point Ismaila Sarr double seals win, with Jorgen Strand Larsen also scoring PLAYER RATER Tottenham's fears of a first relegation from the top flight since 1977 have increased after Crystal Palace scored three goals in 12 first-half minutes to stun them in north London. Spurs, who played more than half the match with 10 men, have now gone 11 league games without a win. The home side had taken the lead in the 34th minute when England international Dominic Solanke finished from close range. But after Micky van de Ven was sent off four minutes later, Ismaila Sarr netted twice - once either side of Jorgen Strand Larsen's strike - to earn Palace consecutive league wins at Tottenham for the first time after thousands of home supporters walked out at half time. The defeat leaves Tottenham 16th in the table, one point above the relegation zone and without a win in 2026, while Palace climb to 13th. After 18th-placed West Ham piled on the pressure with a win at Fulham on Wednesday, Tottenham needed a fast start. But it was Crystal Palace who seized the initiative at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, registering a first shot on target inside 60 seconds as Adam Wharton's half-volley was palmed away by Guglielmo Vicario after Chris Richards' throw-in caused chaos in the area. Tottenham responded with an attack of their own, ending with Mathys Tel cutting in from the left and firing at Dean Henderson. Palace thought they had made the breakthrough in the 30th minute when Sarr's strike deflected off Pedro Porro and looped over Vicario. However, the Senegal international's strike was ruled out after the video assistant referee judged him to have been narrowly offside after latching on to a pass from Jaydee Canvot. The hosts responded by taking the lead four minutes later as Solanke converted Archie Gray's cut-back after the full-back's marauding run down the byeline. Yet Tottenham proved to be the architects of their own downfall once more as Van de Ven conceded a penalty and was shown a red card for pulling down Sarr after misreading the flight of the ball. A fourth red card of the season for the home side was arguably the most costly yet as it allowed Sarr to restore parity in the 40th-minute, sending Vicario the wrong way from the spot. Under-pressure interim manager Igor Tudor responded with a double change before half-time, with Conor Gallagher and Yves Bissouma replacing Souza and Randal Kolo Muani. But Palace turned the game on its head in the first minute of stoppage time, when January signing Strand Larsen fired low through the legs of Vicario, after a perfectly-weighted pass from Wharton, to score his third goal since joining from Wolves. Last season's FA Cup winners piled the misery on Tottenham - and cued a mass home supporter walkout - in the seventh minute of first-half stoppage time as Sarr grabbed his second after another defence-splitting pass from Wharton. This video can not be played 'It's not easy, but it will pass' - Tudor urges fans to stick with Tottenham If Igor Tudor was meant to be the firefighter to save Tottenham's Premier League season, so far he has only fanned the flames of a miserable campaign. The Croat - appointed on an interim basis until the end of the season following the sacking of Thomas Frank last month - has lost all three of his games in charge of last season's Europa League winners. Even after only 270 minutes at the helm of this timid and dysfunctional side, it is clear that the former Juventus and Marseille manager is not the man to guide Tottenham to safety. This season's damage was done long before Tudor arrived, but the way his three-game spell has unfolded so far leaves the club's hierarchy facing a serious decision if this rotten run - 11 Premier League games without a win - continues. Not for the the first time this season, Tottenham - who could lose more than £250m if relegated to the Championship - look like a team sinking. After West Ham, Nottingham Forest and even Wolves picked up valuable points in this midweek round, Tottenham could not afford to lose. But even when Solanke put his side 1-0 up, the players, staff, and supporters never seemed confident of holding on to a victory that could have acted as a launchpad for the remainder of the campaign. The sight of Pedro Porro arguing with Tudor after being substituted in the second half was yet another damning sign that nothing in this part of north London is right at the moment. Tudor does not appear to be the man to save their Premier League status. This video can not be played Glasner praises Palace attitude Two weeks is a long time in football - just ask Oliver Glasner. It was before Crystal Palace's Premier League match against Wolves on 22 February that supporters at Selhurst Park labelled Glasner as "finished". Since winning the FA Cup and securing Conference League qualification last season, it has been a difficult time for the Austrian. After announcing in January that he would leave the club at the end of the season, Glasner was accused by sections of the fanbase of "downing tools" as his side embarked on a nine-game winless run in the Premier League. On Thursday, however, Palace looked like the team they were last season as they stunned Tottenham inside 12 first-half minutes after brilliant individual performances from Wharton and Sarr. If the south Londoners are able to build on this impressive result - which takes them to three wins in the past five Premier League games - it will stand them in good stead as they prepare for the latter stages of the Conference League. It could also mean there is still one final, exciting chapter to be written in Glasner's Crystal Palace career. Tottenham visit Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie on 10 March (20: 00 GMT), while Palace host AEK Larnaca in the same stage of the Conference League on 12 March (20: 00). After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 5th March 2026 at 22: 00 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. 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After nine consecutive away league defeats at Tottenham Hotspur between 2015-16 and 2023-24, Crystal Palace won this exact fixture 2-0 last season. They have never won consecutive away league games against Spurs. This is Crystal Palace’s third consecutive Premier League meeting with Spurs while above them in the table. They’d only been above Spurs in two of their previous 22 against them (excluding games on MD1) since their return to the top-flight in 2013. Tottenham have lost six of their last seven home league London derbies (W1), including four of their five this season. Indeed, those four defeats are already their most home London derby losses in a single league campaign. Crystal Palace have lost just one of their last nine away London derby matches in the Premier League (W5 D3), going down 1-0 at Arsenal in October. This will be the eighth Premier League game played on a Thursday this season, while the previous seven have seen three 1-1 draws and four 0-0 draws. The goals/game average of 0. 86 on Thursdays in 2025-26 is the lowest on any day of the week in a Premier League season to see more than one match played. Tottenham Hotspur have won just one of their last 13 home games in the Premier League (D4 L8), beating Brentford 2-0 in December. In their league history, it's only the second time that Spurs have had just one win over a run of 13+ home games, after the 1993-94 season, when they won just one of their final 16. Spurs are winless in their last 12 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games (D3 L9) since beating Brentford 3-2 in January 2024. Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has won both of his previous meetings with Spurs’ Igor Tudor, with his Eintracht Frankfurt side winning home and away against Tudor’s Marseille in the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League group stage. Spurs midfielder Conor Gallagher has scored more Premier League goals against Crystal Palace than any other opponent (4). He also scored eight goals in 34 league appearances on loan at the Eagles in 2021-22, with only Wilfried Zaha netting more for them that term (14). Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.