Half-time: Everton 0 Tottenham 2 – Spurs in control at Goodison

Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen gave Tottenham the lead in a bullish first-half display at Goodison Park.

Kane struck with his first goal of the season and 100th in a Spurs shirt, from some 35 yards out, finding the far corner with an inadvertent cross-shot that looped over keeper Jordan Pickford and into the far corner on 28 minutes.

Eriksen doubled the advantage three minutes before the interval when Pickford parried Ben Davies’ hard shot straight into the path of the Dane from close range, and both Kane and Dele Alli could have made it 3-0 before the Toffees were booed off at the whistle.

Moussa Sissoko should have given the visitors an earlier lead with a close-range effort he sent straight at the goalkeeper, after Spurs had carved the Toffees open with four passes from back to front.

Sissoko started in central midfield as Mauricio Pochettino switched to a 3-5-2 system that allowed summer signing Davinson Sanchez to make his full debut at centre-back and Alli to join Kane up front.

Sandro Ramirez, whom Tottenham were once interested in signing, went close to his first Everton goal when he poked a cross from Cuco Martina wide of the near post early on.

Tottenham (3-5-2): Lloris; Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen; Trippier, Dier, Sissoko, Eriksen, Davies; Alli, Kane
Subs not used: Vorm, Son, Llorente, Dembele, Aurier, Winks, Walker-Peters