KANE DOWNS HORNETS

Harry Kane and Dele alli each scored twice as spurs hammered watford on new year’s Day to move into the top four for the first time since October. Tottenham were three up after 41 minutes at Vicarage Road as Kane hit his 11th and 12th goals of the campaign, while alli found the net either side of the interval. younes Kaboul added a late goal for the Hornets. ‘I think it was one of the best performances so far. It was nearly the perfect game,’ said Mauricio Pochettino. ‘The shame was we conceded a late goal but there were positives. I am very happy.’ watford, meanwhile, slip to 13th in the table after winning only one of their last seven games. Their slump, however, has not been helped by a number of key absentees, with as many as ten first-team players missing against spurs. walter Mazzarri had to make a late change after Camilo Zuniga felt pain in his ankle during the warm-up and had to be replaced by Odion Ighalo. unlucky,’ said Mazzarri. Meanwhile, Pochettino believes the rest of the Premier League will be cheering on Tottenham when they face Chelsea on wednesday. Tottenham are ten points behind Chelsea ahead of their crunch meeting at white Hart Lane, where the visitors will be chasing a recordbreaking 14th straight Premier League win. ‘Maybe we will feel how Leicester felt last season, when all the teams were with them and against us. Maybe now we are Leicester,’ said Pochettino. Tottenham arrive in a rich vein of form, having won six out of their last seven matches, scoring 13 goals in their last four.