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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live commentary from the Premier League fixture between Tottenham and West Bromwich Albion. This is Nick Royle (@nickaroyle) taking you through all the action from White Hart Lane.

Premier League / Matchday 21
White Hart Lane / 14.01.2017
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Nick Royle

Updated 14/01/2017 at 14:20 GMT


1st Half
1'
We are off at the Lane. Tottenham are in their usual white shorts and black shorts, WBA in their black away strip with light blue stripes, and white shorts. Rose goes down under a challenge from Chadli.
12:29
Almost ready to go at White Hart Lane after a minute's applause for Graham Taylor.
12:25
West Brom winger Matt Phillips has been directly involved in 11 goals in his last 10 Premier League games, scoring four and setting up seven. The stat is all the more impressive given Albion have had less than 50% possession in all 20 of their Premier League matches this season.
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12:20
Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten at White Hart Lane this season (W8 D2 L0), their longest unbeaten start to a Premier League season at home since their 13-match run in 2000/01. They have won their last six matches in all competitions, scoring 17 goals and conceding just three, and victory over West Brom would equal their Premier League club record of six consecutive wins.
12:15
Tottenham have not beaten the Baggies at White Hart Lane since 2012, with last season's 1-1 draw in April all but derailing their title hopes. "The past is the past," Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said. "That's a different season, a different circumstance. It's always tough to play them. This season West Brom are doing a fantastic job. It's always difficult to play a team managed by Tony Pulis."
12:10
The Baggies were knocked out of the FA Cup by Derby County last Saturday, but sit eighth in the Premier League standings with six wins from their last 10 league matches.
12:05
Nacer Chadli returns to White Hart Lane for the first time since his £13m transfer from Tottenham in the summer. The Belgian scored the Baggies' goal in the 1-1 draw at the Hawthorns in October.
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12:00
West Brom head coach Tony Pulis accepts the in-form Alli is the player his team needs to stop at White Hart Lane. "He's got the world at his feet,” said Pulis. "He'll score goals, he can come from deep or he can tap them in in the box. You try to counter him, then you have Christian Eriksson, they you have Harry Kane, then you have others, five or six who can do what he can. Their rotation is fantastic.”
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11:55
Spurs, who ended Chelsea's 13-game winning streak thanks to Dele Alli's headed double at White Hart Lane ten days ago, lie third in the Premier League table, seven points behind Antonio Conte's league leaders. Alli has scored a brace in his last three Premier League games, a new record, and has now reached the 20 Premier League goal mark in just 52 appearances, far quicker than David Beckham (90), Frank Lampard (140), Steven Gerrard (169).
11:50
Baggies' winger turned full-back Chris Brunt passes two landmarks at White Hart Lane this afternoon. Gareth McAuley also makes his 200th appearance for the club.
11:45
TOTTENHAM: Lloris, Walker, Dier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Wanyama, Dembele, Eriksen, Alli, Kane. Subs: Vorm, Davies, Trippier, Winks, Sissoko, Nkoudou, Son.///WEST BROMWICH ALBION: Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Olsson, Brunt; Fletcher, Yacob, Chadli, Morrison, Phillips, Rondon. Subs: Myhill; Galloway, Robson-Kanu, McClean, Leko, Field, Wilson.
11:40
West Brom manager Tony Pulis has made one change to the side that started the 3-1 victory over Hull City at the Hawthorns on 2 January. Northern Ireland defender Jonny Evans is absent with a calf injury, so veteran Jonas Olsson starts. Chris Brunt again deputises at left-back as Allan Nyom, who told Cameroon that he didn't want to play in the African Cup of Nations, did not receive permission from his country's football association to play for the Baggies in time.
11:35
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has selected the same side that started the 2-0 victory over league leaders Chelsea on 4 January. Harry Kane starts after missing Spurs' FA Cup win against Aston Villa on Sunday following the birth of his daughter Ivy Jane. Erik Lamela remains a long-term casualty with a hip injury, and has returned to his former club AS Roma for further treatment on a problem that has kept him out since October.