Leicester are just three points away from being crowned Premier League champions after Spurs slipped up at home to West Brom following an uncharacteristically nervy display.

It was supposed to be the easiest game of Tottenham’s run-in, a home match against a West Brom side with nothing to play for and already dreaming of the beach. Fans and players alike arrived at White Hart Lane full of expectation, but left deflated. In what will go down as the most disappointing night in recent Spurs memory, the north Londoners’ fox hunt came to a premature end.

A 1-1 draw and two dropped points means Leicester City have taken a huge stride towards the title without even kicking a ball. A victory against Manchester United at the weekend and they will be champions. The Spurs players looked distraught at that realisation upon full-time. Kyle Walker dropped to the floor, Mauricio Pochettino appeared dumbstruck and Toby Alderweireld held his head in his hands. They clearly believed they could win the title, but now that hope is gone.

So convincing in wins over United and Stoke City, many pundits were expecting Tottenham to win out for the rest of the season, and they surely would not come unstuck against a Baggies side who had scored just 12 times on the road. But Craig Dawson’s header has added yet another twist to this most topsy-turvy of seasons as the swashbuckling bravado Spurs showed in the Potteries completely evaporated.

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