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LONDON -- Manchester City remains on course to qualify for the Champions League for the first time despite losing 2-1 at Everton after Tottenham was held to a 1-1 draw by Blackpool.Yaya Toure put Man City in position to strengthen its grip on fourth place in the Premier League, but Sylvain Distin and Leon Osman scored in the second half for Everton.Softening the impact of that loss was Tottenham's draw with Blackpool, leaving the fifth-place Spurs six points behind City. Manchester City Jerseys Tottenham and City meet Tuesday in one of three remaining matches, and a victory for City would ensure the team qualifies for Europe's top competition.City remains five points behind Arsenal after collapsing at Goodison Park, with Everton winning for the seventh time in eight meetings between the clubs.
"The team Man City had could probably play in the NBA," Everton manager David Moyes said. "It was like the New York Knicks, with the size of them. It was really difficult to match them. It was a case of everybody manning the pumps to get us through the last five or six minutes."At White Hart Lane, Michael Dawson conceded a penalty by handling a cross while jumping for a header, and Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes' diving save denied Charlie Adam from the spot. Soccer Jerseys But from the resulting corner, Gomes ran over Gary Taylor-Fletcher in the penalty area -- and this time Adam blasted the spot kick into the net.At Upton Park, Thomas Hitzlsperger salvaged a 1-1 draw for West Ham against Blackburn in their battle to avoid relegation, but the London club remains at the bottom of the standings a point behind Wolverhampton and three below Wigan.
Wigan was held to a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa,NHL Nashville Predators Jerseys, while Birmingham lost 2-1 at Newcastle.Sunderland's safety has already been assured and the team came from behind to win 2-1 at Bolton. Nottingham Forest captured the final second-tier playoff place to join Swansea, Cardiff and Reading chasing promotion to the English Premier League.
A 3-0 victory at Crystal Palace secured sixth place for Forest, which will face Swansea over two legs in the playoff semifinals. Soccer Jerseys From China The winner meets Cardiff or Reading in the May 30 playoff final at Wembley Stadium.The automatic promotion places went to League Championship winner Queens Park Rangers, which escaped a points deduction for breaching player-ownership regulations, and runner-up Norwich.