EPL Table: 2017 Standings After Friday's Week 36 Result and Top Scorers

Tottenham Hotspur suffered a massive blow in their Premier League title chances on Friday, as Manuel Lanzini scored the only goal in a 1-0 win for West Ham United.

The result leaves Spurs four points behind leaders Chelsea, who can push the gap to seven when they face Middlesbrough on Monday.

Here's a look at the current Premier League standings:

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	34	26	3	5	72	29	+43	81
2	Tottenham	35	23	8	4	71	23	+48	77
3	Liverpool	35	20	9	6	71	42	+29	69
4	Manchester City	34	19	9	6	65	37	+28	66
5	Manchester United	34	17	14	3	51	25	+26	65
6	Arsenal	33	18	6	9	64	42	+22	60
7	Everton	35	16	10	9	60	40	+20	58
8	West Bromwich Albion	34	12	8	14	39	43	-4	44
9	West Ham	36	11	9	16	45	59	-14	42
10	Southampton	33	11	8	14	39	44	-5	41
11	Bournemouth	35	11	8	16	50	63	-13	41
12	Leicester	34	11	7	16	42	54	-12	40
13	Stoke	35	10	10	15	37	50	-13	40
14	Watford	34	11	7	16	37	55	-18	40
15	Burnley	35	11	6	18	35	49	-14	39
16	Crystal Palace	35	11	5	19	46	56	-10	38
17	Hull	35	9	7	19	36	67	-31	34
18	Swansea	35	9	5	21	40	69	-29	32
19	Middlesbrough	35	5	13	17	26	45	-19	28
20	Sunderland	34	5	6	23	26	60	-34	21

The top scorers after Friday's action:

Position	Player	Team	Goals
1	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	24
2	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	21
3	Alexis Sanchez	Arsenal	19
4	Diego Costa	Chelsea	19
5	Sergio Aguero	Manchester City	18
6	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Manchester United	17
7	Dele Alli	Tottenham Hotspur	17
8	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	15
9	Joshua King	Bournemouth	15
10	Jermain Defoe	Sunderland	14

The Hammers played one of their best matches of the season in a crucial derby against Spurs, who needed to win to keep the pressure on Chelsea and may have lost their final chance for the title. David Amoyal, a sport writer with Gianluca Di Marzio, thought it was fitting:

Tottenham's top scorers, Harry Kane and Dele Alli, were both expertly kept out of the match by the Hammers defence. Christian Eriksen was the main danger man for the visitors, but he couldn't find the breakthrough.

West Ham did so after 65 minutes, courtesy of some laughable defending. Spurs failed to clear, and Andre Ayew bounced the ball into the path of Lanzini, who converted for the lead.

Sport Witness highlighted the poor defensive effort from Spurs:

There was more bad defending to come, with Toby Alderweireld gifting Jonathan Calleri a huge chance that should have led to a second goal.

Despite six minutes of extra time, Tottenham failed to find a much-needed equaliser, handing Chelsea a huge advantage. If the Blues beat Boro on Monday and West Bromwich Albion on Friday, they will be champions.

While some fans and pundits were quick to accuse Spurs of bottling the league, Sam Tighe of Bleacher Report disagreed:

"

100% uninterested in any claims Spurs are bottling anything here. Pretty sure Chelsea were about 10 clear 2 months ago.

— Sam Tighe (@stighefootball) May 5, 2017"

The result also means Romelu Lukaku of Everton has to feel good about his chances to win the top scorer's title. Spurs still face some tricky defences in Manchester United and Leicester City.