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This was a match that was all about being patient, even when Crystal Palace scored a goal out of nothing with Eberechi Eze's curling free-kick.

For the visitors from across London sat so deep they might as well have been racing around on the Formula 1-inspired karting track underneath the south stand. Spurs completed a remarkable 728 passes around the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium pitch to Palace's 156 and had 78% possession on the day.

Yet breaking down the organised Palace side with their static back five took time. It would have been a quicker process had Timo Werner put away a big chance when played through in the first half but the German eventually made up for that moment with the 77th minute equaliser that opened up the game and extended Spurs' scoring streak to 38 consecutive Premier League games, the equivalent of an entire season.

Oliver Glasner, newly installed at the south London club, set his team up to frustrate Spurs and their fans and it worked for long periods, especially in the first half when the home side prodded away slowly without drawing Palace out of their shell on too many occasions.

It was the introduction of Brennan Johnson that increased the tempo and aggression to the required levels that brought Werner's leveller and Spurs did not look back from there as the Eagles were blown away by three goals in 11 minutes.

The hosts had 14 shots on goal with six on target and 11 corners. Palace had four shots, one on target and just one corner which summed up the amount of occasions they reached the Tottenham penalty area.

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