Dier and Son put Spurs back

TOTTENHAM trimmed Chelsea’s lead at the summit to seven points by becoming just the fourth top-flight side to win at Burnley this season.

Spurs were 13 points adrift prior to kick-off against Southampton two weeks ago, but Chelsea’s loss at Crystal Palace, coupled with this success for Tottenham, will have given Mauricio Pochettino’s side hope that the title’s destination is far from a foregone conclusion.

After Harry Winks had been stretched off with an injury at half-time, Eric Dier and sub Heung-Min Son scored in the space of 11 minutes to prevent Burnley from getting the point they needed to equal their highest ever Premier League haul.

Spurs were unbeaten in their previous six topflight meetings without Harry Kane, but this was the first time summer signing Vincent Janssen had been entrusted with a league start in 2017.

Tottenham failed to threaten until the 32nd minute, when Dele Alli spurned a glorious opening as he fired over from eight yards after some good work by Christian Eriksen.

That was as close as either side came during the first half as Spurs’ rhythm was disrupted by the loss of two central midfielders in the space of four minutes, as Victor Wanyama was forced off before Winks suffered a nasty looking injury, jarring his left leg on the turf during a tackle.

A stretcher took him off during the half-time period and Pochettino rejigged his system for the second half by pushing Dier further forward.

There was an immediate improvement as a combination of Tom Heaton and Stephen Ward kept out Janssen and sub Moussa Sissoko, while Ben Davies also drew Burnley’s goalkeeper into a decent stop.

This might have been the game where either