Luck and quality count for Spurs as fizzing Kane downs flat Brighton

Harry Kane added his seventh league goal in his last six games to Cristian Romero's opener to keep Spurs' top-four hopes alive. 

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane kicks a bottle of Coke thrown from the away section in celebration of his goal against Brighton. Picture: PA Wire

Goals from Cristian Romero and Harry Kane — who else? — kept Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of a top-four finish alive in an easy win over a slumping Brighton last night. It was Romero’s first for the club although he knew little about it, and Kane’s 22nd of the season in all competitions. The goals showed that Spurs had the luck but also the quality.

Antonio Conte’s side climb above Wolverhampton Wanderers into seventh place, behind sixth-placed West Ham on goal difference, but now they have to show some consistency to back it up. The North London club have won six but lost five of their 11 Premier League games of 2022. For Brighton, though, they are consistent but in the wrong way. This was their sixth defeat in succession, with only one goal scored in that run.