Family spirit got boys through

But it is going to take a bit longer before they convince their fans they are looking like a top-four side again.

The poison was just beginning to drip into the stadium and the first boos were beginning to resound around the giant arena as Son Heung-Min nodded in a winner that looked anything but imminent.

The nervous dismay that greeted the news that the bottom team in the league were going to get six extra minutes to try to snatch an equaliser was just as telling.

With rumours of training-ground rows, stars wanting transfers and little sign of incomings, this was not a performance to convince anybody that everything is all right at Spurs.

They had not scored from open play in the Premier League since Boxing Day and not scored at all since Kane limped off against Southampton on the opening day of 2020.

That did not look like changing as, aside from an early Erik Lamela volley, Tim Krul barely had a save to make.

When Lucas Moura supplied Son with the perfect ammunition on the half-hour, the South Korea winger could only find the side-netting.

Norwich’s flying Finn, Teemu Pukki should have made them pay in a rare foray into Tottenham territory when Todd Cantwell put him through.

Perhaps it was his surprise on seeing Hugo Lloris in front of him, unexpectedly selected having

JOSE MOURINHO gave credit to the “family spirit” at Tottenham for a win against Norwich in a week dogged with reports of in-house unrest.

“I look to the bench and we don’t have attacking players,” the Spurs boss said after Teemu Pukki’s penalty had pegged back his side before Son HeungMin’s late winner.

“So how can you change the game? With the family spirit, family character, family desire. After the goal, we were a very intelligent team. It was an important victory, a good victory. We deserved it.”

However, the win appeared to carry a heavy cost, with Harry Winks joining the long list of injury victims after limping away from a crunching challenge on his ankle from Todd

Cantwell. “I prefer to come with a happy face, so I’ve not asked [about the severity],” said Mourinho, below. “I am afraid to ask. We are so unlucky with injuries.” Defeat left Norwich rock bottom and cursing their luck. Boss Daniel Farke said: “We deserved at least one point. To lose because of a deflected cross is tough – no doubt.”