Dele Alli is not going to win any popularity awards this Christmas but Harry Kane just might. If Kane had been on the end of some of the openings Spurs had passed up earlier, Shearer’s record might have been demolished before Christmas. The Burnley crowd needed a little more persuading, however, and Alli was heartily booed right up to the moment he was substituted five minutes from the end. Composure in front of goal is what Kane does, and he duly slotted a low shot past Pope. If Dyche and his players intend to stay in the top half then a more legitimate goal threat would not go amiss.

Source: The Guardian December 23, 2017 19:35 UTC