With 20 minutes to play, the former Bayer Leverkusen man found Kane with a drilled cross, and the striker made no mistake in ending his goaless start to the season.
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Stoke were down and out three minutes later when Alli finished off a slick Spurs counter to make it three. Stoke were far from at their best with little to play for, but Spurs’ swagger suggested they had it in them to haul the Foxes back over the final four matches of the campaign.
“We need to be conscious that we have a tough season ahead with the Champions League and different cups, and the Premier League is tough”, the Argentinian added.
Both Alli and last season’s top scorer Kane shook off their Euro 2016 hangover during an excellent second half showing, with the latter finding the net for the first time for club and country since Spurs’ 2-2 draw against Chelsea on May 2.
Stoke rallied in the closing stages, desperately searching for a consolation, but Spurs’ back line was not to be beaten.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has doused concerns over goal-shy striker Harry Kane and backed the England forward to rejoin the goalscoring trail when his side travel to Stoke on Saturday.
It may be global break, but there are still a ton of Tottenham Hotspur news stories circulating in the Twitterverse, blogosphere, cyberspace and media world right now.
Five points have been obtained from their opening three fixtures – two more than were claimed in their first four matches past year – and although that represents a respectable tally given the opposition faced, Tottenham’s displays have been rather flat thus far. If they keep it up, it won’t be long before they start being mentioned as contenders again. That is the last time that we talk about Eriksen’s contract, there were some rumours.
Stoke City are last on the list at one point as they have lost two games and drew one, below on goal difference from Bournemouth.
Moussa Sissoko is set to make his Tottenham debut as Pochettino shuffles his pack, with one eye on the Champions League opener versus Monaco on Wednesday night at Wembley. “With a new player, like when Dele came in, it’s about helping them, putting an arm around their shoulder and letting them express themselves on the pitch, and that’s what Dele did”.
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Laurent Koscielny scores Arsenal’s first goal. The Welshman is also facing a Football Association reprimand after he was sent to the stands in the first half – a sign that the pressure is already affecting him. “But no doubt about Christian he is very important player for us, as he was for a few years”. He will get goals, given the right service.
