Kane strikes twice as Spurs come

Harry Kane finally broke his duck at Tottenham’s new stadium as his late double earned a win that had looked in doubt for a long time.

Kane had gone three games without troubling the scorers at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but he put that right with two goals in four minutes to seal the three points in north London.

Spurs looked like starting the new campaign with a defeat after John Mcginn’s early opener gave Villa a dream start to life back in the big time.

But Tanguy Ndombele showed just why Tottenham broke their transfer record to bring him to the club with a fine leveller 17 minutes from time before Kane stole the headlines with two clinical finishes that masked a match that provided more questions than answers.

Although Kane and Ndombele were the goalscorers it was the introduction off the bench of Christian Eriksen that turned the game, with Mauricio Pochettino choosing not to start the midfielder as his future at the club remains uncertain.

Spurs stalwart Jan Vertonghen was not included in the matchday squad at all and suddenly his future looks in doubt as he is in the final year of his contract.

There might have been some sort of post-mortem for Spurs had they not turned things around, having initially struggled to respond after falling behind.

Spurs would have fancied asserting their authority with an early goal, but instead they were picking the ball out of their own net as they were undone by route one in the ninth minute.

Tyrone Mings’ long punt caused mayhem and Mcginn burst through the acres of space in the Spurs defence and slotted home to give his side the lead.

Spurs started to pick their way through the