Kane inspires five-star Spurs to an easy victory

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 5 Kane (39 pen, 49), Son (45), Eriksen (70, 90) SWANSEA CITY 0

TOTTENHAM striker Harry Kane finished off a special week in style by bagging a brace at White Hart Lane.

Mauricio Pochettino only made one change from the side that lost 2-1 to Chelsea last weekend, with Danny Rose back in the team after sitting out due to suspension. Mike van der Hoorn started his first game since November 6 for the Swans, replacing the injured Federico Fernandez.

Swansea’s back four looked strong at the start, keeping a number of Spurs attacks from reaching goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, but the game was briefly stopped just before the 10-minute mark for defender Kyle Walker, after he was caught in the head by the boot of Neil Taylor. Spurs, who had only won one of their last 10 games, dominated a Swansea side struggling in the relegation zone, and they went close to taking the lead after 20 minutes, but Kane’s header was pushed over the bar.

The visitors failed to have a single shot in the first half, but it looked as though they had done enough to reach halftime on level terms – until the 38th minute.

Referee Jonathan Moss awarded the hosts a penalty after it was deemed Kyle Naughton had tripped Dele Alli in the box. Alli nicked the ball ahead of Naughton, but even if there was contact, it certainly was not enough to prompt the midfielder’s theatrical tumble.

Kane did the honours and sent goalkeeper Fabianski the wrong way to give Tottenham a welldeserved lead.

Just as the fourth official was putting the board up for injury time, the home side doubled their advantage through Heung-Min Son, who hit the ball on a half-volley to score his sixth goal of the season.

Swans manager Bob Bradley attempted to