Kane: West Ham Win Was Spurs Best Performance This Season

Alderweireld slipped the attention of Winston Reid to nod home Eriksen’s pinpoint flag kick, giving the Hammers a mountain to climb in the process. Carroll’s hold-up play, in contrast, has been inconsequential since his return to the starting line-up and against Spurs only congested the area in which the game was played.

Walker was booked after a needless face-off with Sakho, but the right-back made amends in the 83rd minute by using the outside of his right foot to curl Son s lay-off around Adrian s forlorn dive and into the net.

The Hammers nearly equalised straight from the restart as Mark Noble’s shot was charged down and the ball kindly fell to Cheikhou Kouyate, but his sensational acrobatic effort crashed against the bar before being cleared for a corner.

“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”.

Pochettino, the Spurs boss, saluted his team’s display.

Two goals from Harry Kane sent Spurs on their way to victory and by the time Manuel Lanzini’s eventually pulled one back the damage had been done. If Spurs win that will it put to bed Chelsea’s own top-four hopes? “It was an unbelievable show and I feel very proud”. “I am proud of my players”.

“We are a young team and need a manager who tells us if we are getting complacent or making too many mistakes”.

“Maybe you need to wait two hours at the airport and for us, it’s better to go straight after the game and get to England as soon as possible, and give maybe Friday off for recovery”.

Bilic was without his “best player” Dimitri Payet, who has scored five goals and assisted three more this season but will be out for the next three months with an ankle injury.

A broken man after his team’s defeat, Slaven Bilic admitted, “There are no excuses”. We deserved to be beaten.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side have not lost any of their last 12 top-flight games, a feat they previously achieved between December 2012 and March 2013. They were better than us. They scored goals and grew in confidence.

The incident occurred near the junction of White Hart Lane and Tottenham High Road. On the same day West Ham United will look to bounce back when West Bromwich Albion are the visitors to Upton Park (2pm).

Of Kane’s slow start to the season, he added: “When you are a striker, there are always tough periods but I never had doubts about Harry Kane”.

Subs: Vorm, Mason, Trippier, Townsend, Onomah, Carroll, Davies.

After Sunday’s 4-1 whipping of West Ham, Dier said: “Hopefully we have got rid of that “soft” label because it is not a nice label to have”.