premier league : Tottenham Hotspur 3 – 1 Sheffield United

Brilliant goals from Harry Kane and Tanguy Ndombele helped Tottenham Hotspur move up to fifth in the table with a 3-1 win at Sheffield United.

Spurs went ahead on five minutes when Serge Aurier headed in a Son Heung-min corner from close-range.

Jose Mourinho’s side added a superb second goal five minutes before the break.

Kane produced an exquisite turn from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s pass, before firing beyond Aaron Ramsdale from outside the penalty area for his 12th league goal of the season.

Sheff Utd responded on 59 minutes when David McGoldrick scored with a firm header from John Fleck’s excellent cross.

But any hopes of a second-half fightback were dashed by Ndombele three minutes later, when he sublimely lobbed the ball over Ramsdale from an acute angle, after a dinked through-ball by Steven Bergwijn.

Spurs are now on 33 points, four behind leaders Manchester United. Sheff Utd remain bottom, 11 points from safety.

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COMINGUP NEXT:

• Sheffield United will travel to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United on 27^th January.
• Spurs will host defending Champions Liverpool on 28^th January.

Post-Game Reaction:

Jose Mourinho, Tottenham Manager:

“I think it was a good performance. Again, 2-0 at half-time was not enough for what we built, for what we created and again, a very, very basic mistake, 2-1 and the game is open again but a great mentality and an amazing action and incredible goal, but it should be a bigger result.

“There was good energy from the team, consistent, strong-minded, dominant, pressing a lot and I’m very happy with this.”