Spurs leap into third but suffer blow of losing Kane to ankle injury

● Striker suffers ankle injury and sparks concern ahead of FA Cup quarter-final

BOURNEMOUTH

Stanislas 7

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Alli 35, Son 62, 87, Aurier 90 Tottenham climbed to third in the Premier League but lost top scorer Harry Kane to injury as they came from behind to win 4-1 at Bournemouth.

England international Kane, right, limped off with just over half an hour played after suffering an ankle knock while scoring an offside goal.

Spurs were 1-0 down then, following Junior Stanislas’ opener, but Dele Alli’s goal, Son Heung-min’s brace and Serge Aurier turned the game around as they bounced back from their midweek Champions League exit to move above Liverpool.

Victory on the south coast stretched Spurs’ unbeaten league run to 12 games, although Kane’s early departure will undoubtedly be at the front of manager Mauricio Pochettino’s mind ahead of next weekend’s important FA Cup quarter-final at Swansea.

The cup represents Tottenham’s only chance of ending their ten-year wait for silverware after they were knocked out of Europe by Serie A champions Juventus on Wednesday. Whether Kane will be fit enough to be feature in Wales remains to be seen following a fairly innocuous incident in the 29th minute when he converted Christian Eriksen’s cross before staying down and clutching his ankle.

Replays showed it was the correct decision to disallow the goal and Kane, who scored six times in his previous four games against Bournemouth, then limped off before disappearing down the tunnel to be replaced by Erik Lamela.

Spurs were a goal down at that point, Stanislas, who earlier chipped against the crossbar, having drilled into the bottom right corner after controlling a right-wing cross from Adam Smith. But the visitors eased their way back and Alli converted Aurier’s cross ten minutes before the break. Then South Korean Son put Spurs ahead in the 62nd minute with a mishit volley then ran half the length of the pitch before rounding Asmir Begovic to dispatch the third.

Aurier completed the scoring, heading in a rebound after Begovic had tipped away a Kieran Trippier cross.