Offsides mar Spurs’ smashing of Man City, but Kane finally scores

Just before the break, Kane managed to strike more cleanly, but Willy Caballero was ready for his first save of the match.

That seemed to spur on City, though, and Aleksandar Kolarov smashed at Lloris at the other end, but the pendulum soon swung the other way.

Spurs were second best for much of the half, but Eric Dier’s wonderstrike from far out ensured the two teams were level at the break. Again, a player was offside in the build-up, this time more obviously Kyle Walker, but the hosts certainly wouldn’t have cared.

Caballero did save brilliantly from Son Heung-Min just before Dier’s drill, but was left stranded for the goal after some poor defending.

That clearly affected Pellegrini’s men, as five minutes into the second-half Spurs centre back Toby Alderweireld headed home off a free-kick, from Erik Lamela’s whipped in cross on the right hand side. Caballero was certainly at fault this time as he was standing in no-man’s land.

As expected, City fought back, and Sterling had a decent effort on goal, but was easily collected by Lloris.

Moments later, though, Martin Demichelis, who was booked at half-time for dissent, was extremely lucky not to have been sent off for a foul on Argentine compatriot Lamela.

But karma struck again, as the resulting free-kick saw Kane finally score his first of the season – yes you guessed it, from an offside position. Christian Eriksen smashed the shot onto the bar, with Kane waiting to pounce on the rebound.

In an action-packed second-half, Jesus Navas now had a great chance, but Lloris had to be at his best once more. Sterling also had another opportunity seconds later but couldn’t find the target.

Son thought he had scored in the final quarter of the game, but this time was adjudged offside correctly, although replays showed that had he left the previous header it would have stood to give Spurs a 4-1 lead.

Kane attempted to make it that scoreline not long after, but his vicious effort was blocked by the keeper. On 78 minutes, Lamela did ensure a 4-1 deficit, however, and he made a mockery of compatriots Demichelis and Caballero by turning them both before finishing.

Tottenham’s victory put them level on points with third-placed west Ham United and Leicester City, before the duo’s respective weekend battles. They are now just three points off Man City, who have now lost twice in succession.