Kane now has seven goals in the Barclays Premier League this season after a slow start, and has now scored in Tottenham’s last four Premier League games after registering a hat trick against Bournemouth.
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“Without doubt we came up against a Tottenham side at the top of their game at White Hart Lane, but we were simply not good enough”.
LONDON (AP) – England striker Harry Kane scored twice as Tottenham brushed aside London rival West Ham in a convincing 4-1 victory at White Hart Lane on Sunday. He is, in fact, in possession of the finest goals-per-game ratio in London derbies of any Premier League player (0.86).
With the match struggling to get going in the opening quarter of an hour, Tottenham quickly added to their opener as Toby Alderweireld flicked a Christian Eriksen corner past the Spaniard in the Hammers goal at the near post.
Kane screwed the ball horribly wide with only goalkeeper Adrian to beat before halftime, but made amends in the 50th minute, drilling home following some calamitous West Ham defending.
The England global was beaten by some brilliant skill from Lanzini with three minutes remaining, though, as he powered a shot into the roof of the net for a late consolation.
“The best word to describe my feelings is proud”.
Had he done so, it would have been hard to see any way West Ham could have recovered from such a half-time deficit.
– Is this merely a blip for West Ham or are their early-season wins over Arsenal and Man City now beyond them? If we want to win football matches that’s how we’ve got to play.
The visitors responded well and could have been level when Cheikhou Kouyate rattled the crossbar with a spectacular overhead kick. It was his fifth booking of the season and he must now serve a one-match suspension.
Part of Spurs’ success comes from their grass-roots efforts, with the CIES Football Observatory reporting that Tottenham have developed more current Premier League players than any other club.
Now with Tottenham sitting in fifth place and only four points separating them from first, and two points from fourth place.
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“We were competitors for the Olympic Stadium and both clubs had a different vision for the stadium, but the competition closed and we’ve moved on”.
