London (AFP)

Tottenham clings to Champions League dream with 2-0 win over West Ham, while Leicester were held in check (0-0) by poorly ranked Brighton on Tuesday for matchday 31 League.

. Tottenham still believes in it

José Mourinho's Spurs came back 6 points from 4th place in Chelsea and the C1 ticket attached to it with a little laborious but still fully deserved success.

The "celebration" of the second goal by Harry Kane, who lay flat on his stomach after his breath, after a 50-meter sprint to beat Lukasz Fabianski (2-0, 82), shows better than any comment how the level Premier League physique has been limited since its resumption.

With only three weeks of real training after three months of stoppage, organisms and automatisms are still seized.

As with the vast majority of the 14 matches played since June 17, the pace of this London derby has been low, even if the strong heat over London for the season may partly explain this state of affairs.

Faced with Hammers (17th) who owe only a goal difference very slightly in their favor to beat Bournemouth and not to be in the red zone, it was not until a goal against his midfielder Tomas Soucek, who deflected a corner in his own nets, to have a real reason to vibrate (1-0, 64).

Before that, a 25-meter strike from Lucas Moura well deflected over his bar by Fabianski (23) and a Son-Heung-min goal canceled by VAR for offside just before the break had been the only reasons to get a little excited.

Villa moved to the brink of equalization when Jarrod Bowen found the post on a ball that was dragging in the area (78).

But with his 137th accomplishment in 200 league games with the Spurs, Kane, who returns from a long injury, assured the main.

. Leicester in slow motion

Held in check at home (0-0) by 15th, Brighton, after having been able to do no better than a draw (1-1) in another poorly classified, Watford (16th), Saturday, Leicester seems very to the pain since the recovery.

Admittedly, this small point puts the men of Brendan Rodgers, 3rd with 55 points, out of reach of Chelsea, 4th with 51 units and who will receive Manchester City Thursday.

But despite 67% possession, Leicester never managed to set the pace in the match and create truly dangerous opportunities.

A frustrating situation for the current top scorer in the Premier League, Jamie Vardy, who remains at 19 goals and above all in the respectable but symbolically frustrating total of 99 Premier League goals.

For its part, Brighton grapples a precious point in the race for maintenance.

The southern England team has a 5-point mattress in the red zone.

Already winners of Arsenal (2-1) on Saturday, the Seagulls seem sharper and have passed close to 3 points, which they could have snatched if Neal Maupay had not seen their penalty saved by Kasper Schmeichel (16th).

Great host of the match against the Gunners by unintentionally causing the injury to goalkeeper Bernd Leno and especially by scoring the victorious goal in stoppage time, Maupay saw the Danish goalkeeper dive on the right side to block his tight shot but not precise enough.

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