Kane double keeps Spurs alive

Harry Kane was the familiar hero as his two late goals earned Tottenham a 2-1 win over PSV and kept their Champions League hopes alive.

Spurs’ faltering Group B campaign looked like hitting a new low after Luuk de Jong put the Dutch side ahead after only a minute at Wembley, which left Mauricio Pochettino’s men on the brink of being knocked out.

But Kane stood up when it mattered to rescue his side, equalising in the 78th minute and then being the beneficiary of an extremely kind deflection 11 minutes later to complete the turnaround.

The win, Spurs’ first of the group stage, leaves them in third place, three points behind Inter Milan, who visit Wembley in three weeks.

They will need to win that game and will have to be more clinical than they were against PSV, who should have been put to bed long before Kane’s heroics.

However, Spurs could not have envisaged having to go on a rescue mission as early as they did as they fell behind with only 62 seconds on the clock.

Their vulnerability from set-pieces was again exposed as De Jong, who scored PSV’s late equaliser in Eindhoven a fortnight ago, out-jumped everyone to plant a firm header into the net.

The hosts dusted themselves down and Dele Alli had an effort cleared off the line before Christian Eriksen’s deflected strike flew just wide.

A dynamic run by Lucas Moura yielded three separate shots on goal and a smart double save from Jeroen Zoet kept the visitors ahead, first stopping Eriksen and then Alli from the rebound.

The incessant Tottenham pressure continued after the break, but with PSV flooding their final third with bodies and clear chances were harder to come by.

Spurs eventually got their reward with 12 minutes left when Kane fired home his third goal of the Champions League campaign and his fourth came in the 89th minute with a huge slice of luck when his header hit two PSV defenders on the way to wrongfooting the unfortunate Zoet.

Inter Milan and Barcelona exchanged late goals in their 1-1 draw.

Barca substitute Malcom grabbed the opener in the 83rd minute but Mauro Icardi fired home an equaliser.