Harry Kane keeps Tottenham Hotspurs dreaming

Tottenham Hotspur’s pursuit of Chelsea at the head of the Premier League table may be fuelled more by hope than expectation, but with Harry Kane in his current vein of form, Mauricio Pochettino’s side are entitled to retain belief the current leaders can be caught.

Having scored a hat-trick on each of the previous two Sundays, Kane fell just one goal short of extending that sequence. Instead, the forward had to be satisfied he was the main reason Spurs claimed a ninth successive home league win that reduced the deficit to Chelsea to seven points, with Antonio Conte’s side travelling to face West Ham United tonight.

Chelsea have shown few signs of slipping up since they lost at White Hart Lane in January, their first defeat since September and one that ended a run of 13 successive league wins.