London — Tottenham Hotspur kept up the distant chase of Premier League leaders Chelsea with a hard-earned 2-1 victory over Southampton to cut the gap to 10 points on Sunday. In the day’s other games Manchester United moved up to fifth place with a 3-1 win over relegation-threatened Middlesbrough while Manchester City came from behind to draw 1-1 at home with Liverpool. The result means both teams lost ground in the title race. City, in third place, stayed a point ahead of the Merseysiders with a game in hand thanks to Sergio Aguero’s equalising goal. City fell behind when full back Gael Clichy conceded a penalty six minutes after halftime and James Milner scored from the spot against his old club. Liverpool were pegged back 18 minutes later when Aguero scored from Kevin de Bruyne’s fine low cross. Goals from Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli in each half extended Tottenham’s unbeaten home record as they claimed a 10th successive league win at White Hart Lane. Questions had been asked ...
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