Christian Eriksen scored the all important winner for Spurs late in the game.
Tottenham Hotspur beat Swansea City 2-1 to move within four points of Premier League's top four, thanks to a late winner from Christian Eriksen.
The Dane found space to fire low past Gerhard Tremmel as the game neared injury time at the Liberty Stadium. Earlier, the hosts had leveled with a stabbed shot from the impressive Wilfried Bony, canceling out Harry Kane's powerful first-half header. Kane ended Tottenham's three-game goal drought as he headed home Eriksen's cross before former Swansea full-back Ben Davies denied Bony with a stunning last-ditch tackle, The BBC reported.
Although he was denied early on by a smart Hugo Lloris save, Bony fired in from close range three minutes into the second half after his initial effort was blocked following Wayne Routledge's cross. Jonjo Shelvey and Jefferson Montero shot narrowly wide before Kane offered a warning with a glancing header. But Eriksen cut inside before shooting low to stand-in keeper Tremmel's right as Tottenham secured a sixth win in seven Premier League games against Swansea.
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Tottenham now sit seventh, two places and two points above Swansea. Mauricio Pochettino's men would now look at fixtures against Burnley and Leicester City either side of Christmas Day as games that could lift them into the Champions League qualification places. Swansea manager Garry Monk said that it was a difficult start and they gave away a cheap goal but added that they started to create after that. He said that there looked to be only one winner in the second half when his side levelled and then there was the classic sucker-punch.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino said that his side showed 'character', it was a 'difficult game' because Swansea is a 'very good team'. He added that in the second half, Swansea pushed them a 'little bit' but his team defended well and they were always alive in the game.
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