Spurs win at Wolves but remain in relegation zone

João Palhinha's 82nd-minute tap-in earned Tottenham a first Premier League win of 2026 with a 1-0 victory at Wolves but they remain in the relegation zone.

>Spurs looked set for a painful afternoon at Molineux after Dominic Solanke and Xavi Simons were forced off due to injury until Roberto De Zerbi watched Palhinha slide in at the back post from a scuffed

>Richarlison shot to secure a first league success in 16 matches.

>It momentarily took Tottenham out of the bottom three, but a late winner for West Ham has kept the gap to two points with only four games left.

>Wolves' relegation was confirmed on Monday night and a Spurs team desperate not to join them started strongly before Solanke had half-hearted penalty appeals waved away after a slight push by Hugo Bueno.

>Randal Kolo Muani was preferred again by De Zerbi despite one league goal all season, but fired well wide in the 12th minute after a mistake by André.

>Pedro Porro sent an effort wayward soon after which halted Tottenham's momentum and Wolves forced two corners in quick succession to lift the Molineux crowd.

>Solanke blocked a volley by Rodrigo Gomes' soon after and it sparked the visitors back into life, with Xavi Simons firing wide after good work by Rodrigo Bentancur.

>However, the north London club's injury curse struck again with eight minutes of a drab first half left when Solanke went down and held the back of his left leg.

>Solanke was forced off and Yves Bissouma looked set to endure the same fate when he was caught by a strong tackle from Andre, but was able to start the second half.

>The same could not be said for Kolo Muani, who was hooked by De Zerbi, and the Italian should have watched Spurs go ahead in the 51st minute.

>Porro brilliantly spread play out wide to Xavi, who cut inside but Matt Doherty got back enough to force the Tottenham attacker to blaze over from eight yards.

>Minutes later and Xavi was the next away player to suffer an injury at Molineux after a collision with Hugo Bueno.

>Xavi immediately dropped to the floor and even though he returned to his feet, he collapsed after a run down the touchline off the pitch and a stretcher was subsequently required.

>With West Ham ahead at home to Everton, Spurs were now four points from safety and Antonín Kinsky had to be alert to beat Adam Armstrong to a loose ball before the visitors found a second wind.

>A snapshot by Tel was deflected wide and Porro's resulting corner found Rodrigo Bentancur, but José Sá made a flying save with 21 minutes left.

>Armstrong headed over next for Wolves and then, as Tottenham's away support tried to rally their team, the breakthrough followed in the 82nd minute.

>Tel won a corner after he chased down a lost cause and Porro's delivery dropped for Richarlison, who watched his scuffed effort turned in by Palhinha at the back post.

>Palhinha charged off into the Spurs fans and news soon filtered through that Everton had equalised at West Ham.

>Tottenham were briefly set to go out of the bottom three but celebrations by Wolves fans signalled a late winner at London Stadium and De Zerbi was indebted to Kinsky for a stunning one-handed save from a João Gomes free-kick in stoppage time to secure a much-needed three points.