He revealed, while Dembele and Dier only had cramp, there is more concern over goal scorer Kane, who left on a stretcher and will need a scan on his ankle tomorrow.
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Pickford was keeping Spurs out with a string of saves and, despite being backed in by an attacking onslaught, Sunderland looked like they might be able to pinch a point from the Lane.
Victor Wanyama and Mousa Dembele will get their first opportunity to line up in the midfield together as a result and will hope to impress.
Tottenham completely dominated the game with 31 shots in the game and 73.8% possession.
Sunderland sit 19th in table and are still without a win in the league under Moyes.
Following a slight lull, the home side were resurgent during the latter stages of the half as the outstanding Son crashed an effort against the post before a succession of corners cranked up the heat.
“In the first 20 minutes we had 10 shots I think”.
Marching orders: Adnan Januzaj sent off for Sunderland. Having been cautioned for dissent, he saw red after fouling Ben Davies. “We need to wait for the diagnostics”. They simply couldn’t find a way past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
Then, in the second period, the 29-year-old effortlessly turned away from two Sunderland players and prodded the ball to Vertonghen, leaving his opponents out of position and maintaining the home side’s momentum. We knew a chance would come and thankfully it did.
“It is a big job”. I got word of something very late. I prefer that you talk a bit more about his performance because it is not easy. In the end it was fair.
“He’s a striker who can give us a lot of things”.
“I said, “okay, always my door is open” and we decide to stay”.
Kane left White Hart Lane on crutches.
He has earned 12 caps in total and scored one goal for England, a superb long-range strike against France in a friendly at Wembley in November.
Sunderland have not won any of their last 24 Premier League matches contested in either August or September (drawn nine, lost 15).
Despite opening his account for the season at Stoke last Saturday, the Tottenham striker has had to defend himself from criticism once again this week after missing a chance to score an equaliser against Monaco on Wednesday.
Spurs started well, ex-Newcastle United midfielder Moussa Sissoko -who was subject to boos from the Sunderland fans – flashing a shot across the face of Jordan Pickford’s goal.
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Kane was always unlikely to start Wednesday’s EFL Cup match against Gillingham but Spurs travel to Middlesbrough in the Premier League next weekend, before a vital Champions League game in Russian Federation against CSKA Moscow on Tuesday of week.
