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- Updated: December 3, 2016
Harry Kane celebrated his new contract at Tottenham by scoring twice to help Mauricio Pochettino’s side thrash Swansea 5-0 at White Hart Lane.
The England international, who signed a deal that will keep him at the club until 2022 on Thursday, opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Dele Alli was brought down in the box by Kyle Naughton in the 39th minute.
Heung-Min Son added Spurs’ second on the stroke of half-time with an acrobatic volley before Kane scored his second of the game just after the interval, starting and finishing a swift counter-attack from the hosts.
Christian Eriksen bundled home a fourth in the 70th minute before completing the scoring in stoppage time as Spurs moved to within a point of Arsenal in fourth.
Defeat leaves Swansea bottom of the Premier League on goal difference after Sunderland’s 2-1 victory against Leicester.
Before kick-off White Hart Lane observed a minute’s silence as a mark of respect to Brazilian club Chapecoense and all those who lost their lives this week in Colombia air disaster.
Once the action got underway, there was an early stoppage as a high boot from Kyle Naughton caught Kyle Walker in the face, but after a lengthy period of treatment the full-back recovered to continue.
The hosts, who were seeing …
