Kane at the double as Spurs beat Everton
Harry Kane won his topscorer tussle with Romelu Lukaku by bagging a brace as Tottenham held on for a 3-2 victory over Everton.
Kane and Lukaku began the day tied at the top of the Premier League goalscoring charts, and the pair took centre stage again as Kane’s double put Spurs two up before Lukaku’s late strike sparked hopes of a comeback.
Dele Alli restored the twogoal cushion in stoppagetime before substitute Enner Valencia added another goal seconds later to complete a dramatic finish at White Hart Lane.
Victory for Mauricio Pochettino’s men means they reduce the gap behind league leaders Chelsea to seven points, with the Blues travelling to West Ham today.
Tottenham have also now won their ninth consecutive match at home, a club record in the Premier League and the first time they have done so in the same season since 1987.
Despite the late drama, however, Kane was the star of the show again, the 23-yearold scoring his 13th and 14th goals in 12 appearances since the turn of the year.
He now has 19 goals for the campaign and is on course to retain the Golden Boot award he won last year, all the more remarkable given he sat out seven weeks with an ankle injury in September.
Lukaku was on the losing side but made a piece of history himself by taking his Everton tally to 61 goals and overtaking Duncan Ferguson as the club’s record scorer in this division.
The Toffees predator tested Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen with two driving runs early on but his Belgian teammates won the opening exchanges with two perfectly executed tackles.
Also yesterday, Manchester City defeated Sunderland 2-0 at the Stadium of Light in a routine performance for Pep Guardiola’s men.
Having been threatened early on by David Moyes’ hosts, with Jermain Defoe hitting the post with a longrange drive, City clicked into gear and goals from Sergio Aguero and Leroy Sane earned them all three points.
City subsequently leapfrog Liverpool in the Premier League table and now sit third, one point behind Tottenham.