Tottenham 4 Bournemouth 0: Kane on target as Spurs equal record streak

Tottenham completed a run of seven consecutive
top-flight victories for the first time in 50 years by
beating Bournemouth 4-0 at White Hart Lane.
Mauricio Pochettino's side put on a consummate
attacking performance as they bettered
their 2015-16 points total and equalled the record
winning streak set by the likes of Jimmy Greaves,
Terry Venables and Dave Mackay in the Spurs team
of 1967.
The victory, which came courtesy of first-half goals
from Mousa Dembele and Son Heung-min and
second-half strikes by Harry Kane and Vincent
Janssen, moved Spurs within four points of Premier
League leaders Chelsea, who travel to Manchester
United on Sunday.
Dembele had not scored since January 2016 but he
hit the net with aplomb after 16 minutes, before
Kane's flick set up Son to double Spurs' lead, and
the England striker scored his 20th league goal of
the season early in the second half.
Janssen then rounded off the win in stoppage time.
Defeat left Bournemouth and their leaky defence in
danger of being dragged back into the relegation
scrap, while Spurs maintained the imperious form
that is forcing their London rivals to keep looking
over their shoulder in the title run-in.
@HKane picking out the bottom corner
for our third. #COYS
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)
April 15, 2017
Kane was caught offside when an early chance fell
to him at close range after six minutes, before Kyle
Walker broke to tee up Dembele, whose sweetly
struck low drive from outside the box was well
saved by Artur Boruc.
The Bournemouth goalkeeper was helpless to
prevent Dembele from scoring his first goal of the
season three minutes later, when Christian
Eriksen's corner was allowed to bounce through
the box and the Belgian rattled the ball through
Boruc's legs and into the far corner of the net.
The visitors barely had time to react before Jack
Wilshere's loose ball fell to Harry Kane and the
striker played a neat back-heeled pass into the
path of Son, who burst into the box and nutmegged
Boruc for his 19th goal of the season.
Spurs' football was fluent and their attacking
incessant, rendering Bournemouth virtual
spectators in a first half that would have ended
with the hosts three goals to the good had Eriksen
aimed a little lower when he lashed a shot over the
bar five minutes before the break.
The second half was two minutes old when Kane
collected Dele Alli's cross and shook off Simon
Francis before firing the ball low into the corner of
the net from the middle of the penalty area, taking
his goal tally for the season to 25 in all
competitions.
Tottenham's football was worthy of their best run
of form in half a century, and Kane played a neat
one-two with Son before curling a shot that lacked
the power to beat Boruc.
Bournemouth finally managed a shot on target in
the 74th minute but Harry Arter's attempt failed to
trouble Hugo Lloris, before Ben Davies' dipping low
drive forced a good save by Boruc.
Son was full of running right into the final stages
and his endeavour deserved a second and
Tottenham's fourth when he broke down the right,
but his shot hit the side-netting.
Spurs did make the result more emphatic in injury
time when a well-worked short corner reached
Janssen at the near post and he beat Boruc at the
second attempt to score his first Premier League
goal from open play.