Tottenham Hotspur dealt a potentially fatal blow to north London rivals Arsenal's Premier League title hopes with a 2-1 win at White Hart Lane Wednesday. A superb Danny Rose volley and a second from Gareth Bale edged Nicklas Bendtner's second half effort to hand Spurs a first league win over Arsene Wenger's side in 11 years. The defeat leaves third-placed Arsenal six points behind leader Chelsea with four games remaining. Spurs stay fifth on 61 points, one behind Manchester City after 33 matches. Elsewhere, seventh-placed Aston Villa salvaged a late 2-2 draw against Everton, which is in eighth spot. Tim Cahill headed in both Everton's goals either side of Gabriel Agbonlahor's second-half header before Phil Jagielka's injury-time own goal levelled it. At the bottom of the table, relegation-threatened Wigan Athletic was held 0-0 at home by already condemned Portsmouth to leave them five points clear of the drop zone in 16th place. Wenger sent his side into the London derby with a must-win message but its strong start was halted by a stunning Rose strike. The 19-year-old midfielder made sure his first Premier League start was one to remember when he met Arsenal goalkeeper's Manuel Almunia's punched clearance with a crashing 30 meter volley which rocketed in on 10 minutes. It got worse for Arsenal soon after when key defender Thomas Vermaelen limped off injured and despite dominating possession Wenger's side had no answer to Tottenham's resilience. Immediately after the restart, Gareth Bale was left unmarked and onside to calmly slot a second for the hosts. Boosted by the late introduction of Theo Walcott and Dutchman Robin van Persie, back after a five-month injury absence, Arsenal began to rally. Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner slid home on 85 minutes and defender Sol Campbell, who had an effort cleared off the line in the first half, had a late header tipped onto the bar against his old club. Spurs nullified Arsenal for long periods with a strong defensive display and are now firmly in the race for the fourth Champions League qualifying place.Aston Villa's push for that very same position continued to falter with its draw against Everton side now unbeaten in seven league matches. Barca crushes Depor Barcelona took another step towards retaining its La Liga title when goals from Bojan Krkic, Pedro and Yaya Toure fired it to a 3-0 home win over Deportivo Coruna Wednesday. Barca has 83 points with six matches remaining. Real is on 77 and Valencia is third on 56. In other matches, Walter Pandiani scored twice to give Osasuna a 2-2 draw against Malaga, Atletico Madrid lost 2-1 at home to last-place Xerez, Mallorca drew 1-1 with Zaragoza and Racing Santander won 3-1 against 10
