TOTTENHAM have hammered Southampton in their first Premier League match of the season.
James Ward-Prowse silenced the crowd in North London early on to put the Saints ahead.
But a Ryan Sessegnon header saw Antonio Conte’s men draw level before Eric Dier turned the game on its head.
Things got better for Spurs in the second half as a dreadful own goal from Mohammed Salidu made it 3-1 before Dejan Kulusevski added a fourth.
Worrying for Saints
In truth, a second half collapse made things very easy for Spurs in the end.
They showed a lack of belief after going behind, and hardly troubled at all other than Ward-Prowse’s sensational opener.
Spurs dominant
Despite the early scare, that was a very impressive Spurs performance.
Kane and Son may not have been on target, but the whole squad performed to eventually ease past Southampton.
Full-time!
Spurs head to the top of the table after a resounding 4-1 win!
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
90′: Kane tries his luck – from his own half – which perhaps unsurprisingly doesn’t cause Bazunu any trouble.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
88′: Dominant defending from Romero to stop Armstrong in his tracks on the attack.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
86′: Lovely strike by Perraud but he can’t keep it down, as he sees it fly over the bar.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
84′: Kane shows great awareness to slip in Son, but his shot is comfortably saved by Bazunu.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
81′: No goals for Son or Kane despite the four for Spurs today.
I’m sure they’ll be trying to change that in the final 10 minutes…
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
79′: Spurs are heading to the top of the table and they look good value for it today.
Kane looks to find Kulusevski in behind but the Swede is offside.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
76′: Great save by Lloris, who gets down low to deny Aribo.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
75′: Kane has been a bit out of things in attacks today, and his progress is shut down as Aribo clears.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
70′: Handball claims are eventually turned down. and the corner comes to nothing.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
69′: Big shouts for a penalty for Spurs!
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
66′: Perisic is introduced for his first Premier League appearance, replacing Sessegnon.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
62′: The defending from Saints is woeful, as Kulusevski is awarded time to stroke the ball past Bazulu and make this one all but over.
Tottenham 4-1 Southampton
Kulusevski gets in on the act!
Tottenham 3-1 Southampton
61′: Royal gets in behind and flashes a cross across the face of goal, and Salisu can’t do anything but turn it into his own net and double Spurs’ lead.
Tottenham 3-1 Southampton
Salisu turns it into his own net!
Tottenham 2-1 Southampton
60′: A bit nervy for Spurs following a Walker-Peters cross, which is eventually cleared.
Good spell this for the Saints.
Tottenham 2-1 Southampton
57′: Southampton win a corner off Royal, which is headed away by Kane.
Tottenham 2-1 Southampton
54′: Commanding goalkeeping from Bazunu again, as he claims the ball at the expense of his teammate Walker-Peters, who is currently receiving treatment.
Tottenham 2-1 Southampton
51′: A fantastic challenge from Walker-Peters stops Sessegnon getting a certain second of the afternoon.
Tottenham 2-1 Southampton
49′: Davies’ threatening cross is met by Royal, but his header is way over.
Tottenham 2-1 Southampton
46′: Spurs thought they had scored in the first 20 seconds of the half, but the offside flag bails Saints out.
Back underway!
We’re back underway in North London!
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
