Harry Kane and Son Heung-min were both in scintillating form as Tottenham produced an easy 5-0 win over Everton to deepen Frank Lampard’s side’s relegation fears.
A Michael Keane own goal and first-half strikes from Son and Kane put the hosts in full control before the game evolved into a thrashing with substitute Sergio Reguilon (46) and Kane again making matters worse for the Toffees with a sublime volley in the 56th minute.
Kane’s second strike saw him move ahead of Thierry Henry in the all-time Premier League scoring table with 176 goals.
The result means Tottenham remain in seventh but level on 46 points with sixth-placed West Ham with two games in hand.
For Everton, who failed to register a shot on target, they stay in 17th and just one point off the relegation zone while their goal difference takes a significant blow. The visitors were way too open at the back and Tottenham made no mistake in capitalising on their defensive naivety.
In the 14th minute, Ryan Sessegnon surged down the left flank and his low drilled ball looking for Kane was turned in by Keane behind him.
Three minutes later and Tottenham extended their lead. Kane slipped in Son and his low shot squirmed underneath Pickford, who was making his 200th appearance on his 28th birthday, into the net.
Spurs almost extended their lead in the 28th minute when Son’s low shot in a one-on-one was denied by Pickford before Kane shot his rebound wide, but it mattered little as the hosts got their third in the 37th minute. Matt Doherty’s incisive pass found Kane in a one-on-one and drilled his low strike into the bottom corner.
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Two minutes into the second half and Tottenham went four up. Son kickstarted a Tottenham counter-attack and laid the ball off to Dejan Kulusevski whose low cross was drilled into the net by substitute Sergio Reguilon just 20 seconds after coming on the pitch.
And Everton’s misery was compounded even further in the 56th minute as Kane grabbed his second of the night with a stunning volley, meeting Matt Doherty’s delicately lofted cross at a tight angle and fired into the bottom corner.
Everton could not muster up a consolation – or even a shot on goal – as Tottenham eased their way to a comfortable victory.
