Tottenham 4 Stoke 0: Spurs win 4-0 after Harry Kane hat-trick and Dele Alli goal - live as it happened

Harry Kane scored a first-half hat-trick as Tottenham battered Stoke City 4-0 and climbed up to second in the Premier League table.

Spurs were at their swaggering best at White Hart Lane but Stoke contributed to their own demise with an abject display of defending, with Kane more than happy to cash in, before Dele Alli added a fourth on the stroke of half-time.

Kane's strikes in the 14th, 32nd and 37th minutes mean the striker has now scored two hat-tricks in a week and three in nine appearances, coming on the heels of trebles against West Brom in the league and Fulham in the FA Cup last weekend.

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TEAM NEWS

Tottenham: Lloris, Dier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Walker, Wanyama, Dembele, Davies, Alli, Eriksen, Kane
Subs: Son, Janssen, Vorm, Trippier, Sissoko, Wimmer, Winks

Stoke: Grant, Bardsley, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Whelan, Adam, Sobhi, Allen, Arnautovic, Crouch
Subs: Muniesa, Berahino, Afellay, Diouf, Cameron, Imbula, Given

Referee: Jonathan Moss​

WHAT THEY SAID

Mauricio Pochettino: “There is no time to cry. We can only try to recover and move on now and we go back to White Hart Lane to try to win.

“I’m sure we’ll have a tough game against Stoke, they are very fresh but we need to move on."

Mark Hughes: "They are a strong side, they are very impressive at home and we will be up against it. We are in good shape though.

"We disappointed ourselves against Spurs earlier in the season but we are a different proposition for them now. We have improved."