Spurs strike late to deny Everton

Late intervention ... Gylfi Sigurdsson celebrates his equaliser. Source: Stephen Pond / AAP

Gylfi Sigurdsson snatched a late equaliser as Tottenham Hotspur denied Champions League qualification rivals Everton victory in a 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane.

Spurs took the lead after just 34 seconds through Emmanuel Adebayor, however first Phil Jagielka and then Kevin Mirallas scored to put the visitors in front.

David Moyes's side were within sight of a fourth-straight league win, only for Sigurdsson to tap home an equaliser in the 87th minute after Adebayor's shot came back off the post.

Tottenham finish the weekend in the fourth and final Champions League qualifying place, but although they are two points above Arsenal and six points clear of Everton, both their pursuers have games in hand.

"It looks like it will go down to the wire at the end of the season for these Champions League spots,'' said Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas.

"It's part of the game - everything shifts very, very quickly in the Premier League, but we have been in this position before and you have to deal with the pressure.''

Moyes insisted that Everton would carry on fighting for a top-four finish.

"I don't know if a point does a great deal for us. If we'd won we'd have been right in it," he said.

"I don't think we're too far away but I just hope the games don't run out. Tottenham are one of the top teams who have been fighting for fourth all season and we have taken four points off them this season so it is not a bad return."

Moyes was happy with the way his team responded after going behind so early, saying: "When you concede after 20 or 30 seconds it's all credit to the players for coming back.

"Tottenham had their tails up but thankfully we kept going and kept at it and played our way out of trouble and got ourselves a few chances.

"Tottenham had a lot of possession and we had to try and work to try and stop that. We didn't do it as well as we'd have liked but I always thought we looked a threat and we could score and we did a couple of times."

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