Dele Alli stars as slick Spurs sink Southampton

Southampton 1 Tottenham 4: Dele Alli scored twice — either side of a fine goal from Harry Kane and a terrible penalty miss by the England striker — as Tottenham ended up tormenting their 10-man hosts at St Mary’s last night.

It had all started so well for Saints, who saw Virgil van Dijk head them ahead before some fans had even taken their seats. But they allowed Alli and Kane to score with headers either side of half-time and the game was up when Nathan Redmond was sent off for fouling Alli in the box.

Kane made a complete mess of the spot-kick but made full use of the extra man to add to the score-line through substitute Son Hueng-min and Alli again. The win moved Spurs to within a point of Arsenal in fourth place in the Premier League table and left Saints where they usually are, looking on enviously in eighth.