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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is yet to concede the title to Chelsea, but admits it will be "difficult" for his side after defeat at West Ham.
However, despite the gap closing temporarily to one-point, the Blues remained in form and atop the table.
Dier and his team mates looked crestfallen after the final whistle at the London Stadium where Manuel Lanzini's 65th-minute goal for the hosts left Tottenham's hopes of overhauling Chelsea hanging by a slender threads.
Chelsea can open up a seven-point lead with victory over relegation-threatened Middlesbrough on Monday and would then clinch the title before Tottenham play again if they win at West Bromwich Albion next Friday.
Spurs had hoped their game against United - the last at White Hart Lane before the existing stadium is demolished - would be a celebration, but it maybe more about consolation if Chelsea win their next two games.
"With all the obstacles we have had this season the guys deserve a lot of credit", said manager Slaven Bilic, who has had to cope with continual speculation about his future.
"Today was a key moment and one of those moments where if you are going to win a title you have to win."
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"We try to move on and finish the season in the best way, still fighting, but now it's true, it's more hard".
"Now we're safe, if we get some more points we can finish only one or two places below where we were previous year".
"It was a hard game".
"I like playing against Tottenham and scoring against them!" I don't know. But you have to win.
"It was a hard game, it's true that if you compare it with five days ago against Arsenal it was not the same performance that we played last week". Second half we started a little bit sloppy and we conceded a little bit more space.
"To beat a team like Spurs you need more than that and we also showed quality". It was a great team display in terms of character, determination, thinking about what every individual had to do.
"Beating Tottenham under the lights in front of almost 60,000 - you can not beat that feeling".
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