Harry Kane's late brace earned a 3-2 win for Tottenham at home to 10-man West Ham on Saturday, extending the only unbeaten record in the Premier League.
West Ham led the bitter London derby 2-1 after 89 minutes but somehow Spurs roared back to
claim victory, with Kane equalising and then putting away a precise injury-time spot-kick in the space of two dramatic minutes to end his team's run of seven games without a win, as Winston Reid saw red late on to compound the Hammers' unexpected misery.
The visitors looked set to claim a derby win thanks to Manuel Lanzini's penalty, Harry Winks having earlier cancelled out Michail Antonio's headed opener by scoring on his Premier League debut.
They did not reckon with the intervention of Kane, who demonstrated his poachers' instinct to equalise on the rebound when substitute Son Heung-min had a shot saved by Darren Randolph.
Referee Mike Dean then pointed to the spot again when Son went down in the box under a challenge from Havard Nordtveit and Kane smashed home from 12 yards to break West Ham hearts and move Spurs within three points of top spot in the Premier League.
West Ham had been on track to record their third win in five league games, but instead they now sit a solitary point above the relegation zone.
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