Jan Vertonghen scored the only goal of the game - in fact the only one of Sunday in the English Premier League - to lift Tottenham to a 1-0 victory over Swansea as West Brom and West Ham played out a dull 0-0 draw at the Hawthorns.
Andre Villas-Boas' side were reeling from losing all three points in their last game against Everton in dramatic fashion, but came up trumps at White Hart Lane, doing just about enough to beat a Swansea side that rarely threatened going forward.
Vertonghen popped up to smash home a Kyle Walker freekick with his right foot in the 75th minute, which eventually proved to be enough, after Spurs created the better chances for much of the game.
"It was a good, good win and I think we deserved to win today," Villas-Boas told Sky Sports. "We did everything right today. We had so many chances, so many opportunities to put the game to bed even earlier.
"We concentrated, we were responsible and it would have been very unfair if we had not won today.
"Swansea made it very difficult. Not only are they strong in attack, but their defence is very organised. It was difficult to break them down and we had to be patient.
"We were doing everything right in the first half and in the second half. It was a tremendous effort from the boys and I think they got the reward for their patience.
"You just have to be persistent. We kept the ball well, moved the ball well and fortunately enough through a set-play we managed to get the goal.
"You saw the players acknowledge the fact that we have been suffering and showing great commitment to finish the game.
"Obviously the season is long and we will continue to suffer goals in the last minute, that is the nature of the game. But we acknowledge the mistakes we made at Everton and today we did it well."
Swansea crashed to their second straight defeat following the 1-0 reverse, but manager Michael Laudrup said he was pleased with his side's performance against a team tough to beat at home.
"We knew it was a very good team, we knew the first half would be more difficult than the second and that was how it went," Laudrup said. "Even if we didn't play at our best, away to Tottenham, against a very good team, we were there until the last second.
"I'm still quite pleased with what I saw today. There are different ways of losing -- I never like to lose, it's zero points -- but I think the players did well.
"We just missed the last 10 percent in the attacking half but we still created four or five chances."
In the late game Sunday, West Brom stopped their three-match losing streak, but would be disappointed not to have done better, after running into a stubborn West Ham defense.
"I thought a draw was just about the right result," West Brom boss Steve Clarke said. "We didn't quite do enough to get the three points.
"As the home team, the onus is on us to try and win it. We tried to win it but nothing really fell for us."
