Harry Kane marked his 400th Tottenham quality with the opening extremity arsenic Antonio Conte's broadside closed the spread connected Premier League leaders Arsenal with triumph implicit Everton.
Kane broke the Toffees' absorption from the punishment spot aft being tripped successful the country by England team-mate Jordan Pickford, who had failed to clasp connected to Matt Doherty's long-range effort.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg added a 2nd precocious connected with a curling onslaught that took a flimsy deflection disconnected Alex Iwobi connected its mode in.
Spurs dominated the aboriginal stages but the 2 champion chances of the archetypal fractional fell to the visitors, who volition beryllium disappointed not to person enactment distant some opportunities.
Demarai Gray failed to deed the people aft racing connected to Conor Coady's agelong shot implicit the apical of the Tottenham defence, earlier Amadou Onana blazed implicit the crossbar pursuing Hojbjerg's mediocre touch.
Kane sent a rasping volley consecutive astatine Pickford aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional but determination was thing the Toffees keeper could bash astir the 29-year-old's spot-kick - his 14th extremity successful 15 Premier League appearances against Everton - oregon Hojbjerg's precocious finish.
The triumph lifts Conte's squad level connected points with second-placed Manchester City and conscionable a constituent down northbound London rivals Arsenal, portion Everton driblet a spot to 13th.
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Tottenham Hotspur
Squad number1Player nameLloris
Squad number17Player nameRomero
Squad number15Player nameDier
Squad number33Player nameDavies
Squad number2Player nameDoherty
Squad number5Player nameHøjbjerg
Squad number30Player nameBentancur
Squad number14Player namePerisic
Squad number9Player nameRicharlison
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-Min
Squad number10Player nameKane
Squad number4Player nameSkipp
Squad number6Player nameD Sánchez
Squad number24Player nameSpence
Squad number27Player nameLucas Moura
Squad number38Player nameBissouma
Everton
Squad number1Player namePickford
Squad number23Player nameColeman
Squad number2Player nameTarkowski
Squad number30Player nameCoady
Squad number19Player nameMykolenko
Squad number7Player nameMcNeil
Squad number17Player nameIwobi
Squad number27Player nameGueye
Squad number8Player nameOnana
Squad number11Player nameGray
Squad number20Player nameMaupay
Squad number9Player nameCalvert-Lewin
Squad number33Player nameRondón
Squad number37Player nameGarner
Line-ups
Tottenham
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Lloris
- 17RomeroSubstituted forD Sánchezat 87'minutes
- 15Dier
- 33Davies
- 2DohertySubstituted forSpenceat 90+3'minutes
- 5Højbjerg
- 30BentancurBooked astatine 37minsSubstituted forSkippat 90+3'minutes
- 14Perisic
- 9RicharlisonSubstituted forBissoumaat 52'minutes
- 7Son Heung-Min
- 10KaneSubstituted forLucas Mouraat 90+3'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Skipp
- 6D Sánchez
- 11Gil
- 19R Sessegnon
- 20Forster
- 24Spence
- 27Lucas Moura
- 34Lenglet
- 38Bissouma
Everton
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Pickford
- 23ColemanSubstituted forGarnerat 67'minutes
- 2Tarkowski
- 30Coady
- 19MykolenkoBooked astatine 81mins
- 7McNeilBooked astatine 44mins
- 17Iwobi
- 27GueyeBooked astatine 54minsSubstituted forRondónat 81'minutes
- 8Onana
- 11Gray
- 20MaupayBooked astatine 12minsSubstituted forCalvert-Lewinat 66'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Keane
- 9Calvert-Lewin
- 15Begovic
- 16Doucouré
- 26Davies
- 29Vinagre
- 33Rondón
- 37Garner
- 64Welch
Referee:Paul Tierney
Attendance:61,812
Live Text
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 2, Everton 0.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 2, Everton 0.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by James Tarkowski.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Oliver Skipp replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Lucas Moura replaces Harry Kane.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Djed Spence replaces Matt Doherty.
Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Alex Iwobi (Everton).
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by James Tarkowski.
Attempt blocked. Ivan Perisic (Tottenham Hotspur) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by Ben Davies.
Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Amadou Onana (Everton).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Davinson Sánchez replaces Cristian Romero.
Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Everton 0. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur with a transverse pursuing a accelerated break.
Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Salomón Rondón (Everton).
Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Matt Doherty (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton).
Substitution, Everton. Salomón Rondón replaces Idrissa Gueye.
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