West Brom 1 Tottenham 3

Late goals from Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor condemned battling West Brom to defeat.

The strike duo sealed all three points as title-chasing Tottenham battled back to maintain their stunning form despite a below-par display at the Hawthorns.

Youssouf Mulumbu headed Albion ahead on 10 minutes, only for Adebayor to equalise before half-time, netting the rebound after his hotly-disputed penalty was saved by goalkeeper Ben Foster.

The Baggies played their full part in an entertaining game and should have led through Simon Cox or Chris Brunt, who both missed good chances.

But Defoe hit them on the break with eight minutes to go and Adebayor added a third in stoppage-time, as Roy Hodgson's men chased an equaliser.

Peter Odemwingie appeared as a late substitute after a week of friction over his knee injury and headed an excellent chance wide with the scoreline at 2-1.

It was honours even at the end of a high-tempo, controversial first half.

The Baggies started brightly and went ahead through a superbly constructed goal on 10 minutes when Gera chased a James Morrison through ball and fed Steven Reid, whose perfect cross was head in by the unmarked Mulumbu.

And West Brom continued to press but they were hit by the loss of Gera on 21 minutes, who twisted his left knee while attempting to change direction.

Spurs levelled on 25 minutes when Lennon nipped behind Shorey, who attempted to win the ball from behind and was penalised when Lennon went down.

Referee Lee Probert pointed to the spot, although replays suggested there was minimal contact.

Adebayor saw his penalty saved low down by Foster, but the Togo international reacted quickest to force home the rebound.

Probert was at the centre of most key incidents before the interval and denied the home side penalties when Jerome Thomas and Shane Long went down in the box.

They thought they had scored when Spurs goalkeeper Brad Friedel appeared to carry a deflected Reid cross over the goalline, but the officials awarded a free-kick for a shove by Gareth McAuley.

The second period was quieter, although West Brom should have been ahead eight minutes after the restart when James Morrison did well to trick his way into space on the right and cross for substitute Simon Cox, who headed too close to Friedel.

The Baggies had to weather a period of heavy Spurs pressure but, as the final whistle approached, the hosts gained the upper hand and pressed for the win.

They should have been ahead when Morrison produced a fine jinking run and pulled the ball back for Chris Brunt, who blasted over with his right foot from the edge of the box.

But the Baggies were hit with the sucker punch on 82 minutes when Spurs broke away to take the lead.

Adebayor's flick found Defoe, who side-stepped away from the backpeddling Jonas Olsson before rifling a low shot past Foster.

And it was Adebayor who completed the scoring the stoppage time, bundling home after a cross from Gareth Bale.