ottenham closed the hole to Arsenal to a degree with a 2-0 win over Everton, sealed by second half targets from Harry Kane and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Kane shortly banished the reminiscence of his late penalty miss towards Frankfurt right here on Wednesday, successful and changing a spot-kick on the hour after he was caught by Jordan Pickford.
Hojbjerg wrapped up the win with a deflected effort 4 minutes from time as Spurs maintained their one hundred pc residence document this season.
Dan Kilpatrick was at White Hart Lane to price the Spurs gamers…
Hugo Lloris 7
Untroubled by an Everton facet who blazed the 2 finest possibilities of the primary half over the bar.
Cristian Romero 8
Flew into tackles, together with an necessary problem on Amadou Onana. Progressed the ball effectively from the again.
Eric Dier 7
Assured show within the coronary heart of the again three. Up towards Dominic Calvert-Lewin the ultimate 25 minutes however by no means actually troubled.
Ben Davies 7
Created an opportunity for Kane with a positive angled go and used the ball effectively.
Matt Doherty 7
His low shot was spilled by Pickford for the penalty choice. Bought higher as the sport went on however clearly nonetheless working his manner again to his sharpest.
Rodrigo Bentancur 9
Noticed a lot of the ball and used it effectively, typically driving Spurs ahead from the bottom of midfield. By no means stopped operating and created Hojbjerg’s clincher. Did get caught by Grey who beat him within the closing third to create an opportunity however a wonderful show regardless.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg 8
Deserved his objective for some glorious performances of late. It capped a sometimes unfussy and selfless show, typically spent dropping into the again three.
Ivan Perisic 6
Flung in some harmful crosses however nonetheless but to actually make his mark on the Premier League.
Richarlison 6
Feels a clunky match on the best of the entrance three however labored onerous earlier than being pressured off early within the second half. Had two possibilities however despatched each over the bar.
Heung-min Son 8
Continued to look sharp after two positive targets midweek and was a relentless risk within the closing third.
Harry Kane 8
Received and scored one other penalty in a vigorous efficiency (banishing the reminiscence of his miss towards Frankfurt within the course of). Additionally pressured two sharp saves from Pickford both facet of the objective.
Harry Kane marked his four-hundredth Tottenham look with a objective
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Yves Bissouma (Richarlison 52’) 8
His introduction and the change to 3-5-2 was arguably the turning level for Spurs.
Davinson Sanchez (Romero 88’) N/A
Djed Spence (Doherty 90’) N/A
Oliver Skipp (Bentancur 90’) N/A
Lucas Moura (Kane 90’) N/A
Not used: Forster, Gil, Sessegnon, Lenglet.
