STOKE, England — Christian Eriksen scored twice as Tottenham edged closer to securing a return to the Champions League by beating Stoke 2-1 in the English Premier League on Saturday. In between, Stoke levelled through Mame Diouf, but the loss meant they are four points from safety with five games to go. Holding the fourth Champions League place, Tottenham moved 11 points ahead of Chelsea, which plays West Ham on Sunday. Paul Lambert insisted he would pay little attention to the previous four thrashings Tottenham inflicted on Mark Hughes’ Stoke as he set his side up differently. The Stoke defenders were not close to Kane from Eriksen’s free kick, which was curled into the bottom corner.

Source: National Post April 07, 2018 16:52 UTC