Tottenham 2-0 West Brom: Premier League – live!

9.09am EST 09:09

And here’s Jose

“I love the compromise of the players – the effort, the determination. They showed everyone how together they are and how much they were suffering with the bad results. Of course we were dominant, and in the first half we could have killed the game, but the compromise of the players is the most important thing.

“At half time we felt confident and positive. I only spoke to the players for a minute at half-time, because there wasn’t much that needed to be said.

“Our fixture congestion against the best teams is pretty obvious – we have played Liverpool and Chelsea twice, and next week we play our second game against Manchester City. I believe that at the end of the season we will finish where we deserve to be.”

9.02am EST 09:02

Here’s Son-Heung min

“We’ve had a couple of bad results so it was very important to get back to winning ways. Harry is one of the best strikers in the world so we missed him, even if it was only a couple of games, and I’m happy that he scored again. I miss him.”

8.51am EST 08:51

Full time: Spurs 2-0 West Brom

Peep peep! Spurs end their miserable run with an easy victory over a hard-working but limited West Brom. An expert finish from Harry Kane put them ahead in the 54th minute, and Son finished off a devastating counter-attack soon after. Once Spurs went ahead, the result was never really in doubt.

All smiles as Tottenham return to winning ways. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Updated at 8.58am EST

8.44am EST 08:44

87 min Maitland-Niles is fouled by Davies down the West Brom right. Pereira’s free-kick is cleared by Sanchez.

8.42am EST 08:42

86 min The match is petering out. West Brom have never really looked like getting back into it.

8.39am EST 08:39

82 min: Diagne has another goal disallowed! Again it was the correct decision, though he finished nicely from Pereira’s clipped pass.

Another goal chalked off for Diagne. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

Updated at 8.53am EST

8.38am EST 08:38

82 min This (probable) win takes Spurs up to seventh, four points off a Champions League place.

Updated at 8.38am EST

8.37am EST 08:37

80 min Phillips’ cross from the left is headed wide from 12 yards by Yokuslu. It wasn’t much of a chance.

8.36am EST 08:36

80 min A final change for West Brom: Matheus Pereira replaces Robert Snodgrass.

8.35am EST 08:35

78 min Okay Yokuslu comes on for his West Brom debut, in place of Romaine Sawyers. VAR are happy with that Snodgrass foul on Davies.

8.34am EST 08:34

77 min Snodgrass is booked for studding Davies in the groin as he fell. I don’t think it was deliberate, though VAR might look at it.

Robert Snodgrass goes in enthusiastically on Ben Davies and earns himself a booking. Photograph: James Williamson – AMA/Getty Images

Updated at 8.42am EST

8.32am EST 08:32

76 min Nothing much is happening. West Brom look like they know it’s over – this game, and probably this season.

8.30am EST 08:30

74 min Erik Lamela, who has had a decent game, is replaced by Steven Bergwijn.

8.29am EST 08:29

72 min Two-nil can be a dangerous lead, it says here, but Spurs are very comfortable at the moment.

8.25am EST 08:25

69 min West Brom make a change: Matt Phillips is on for Karlan Grant. And Spurs have brought on Matt Doherty for Serge Aurier.

8.23am EST 08:23

66 min West Brom have had more of the ball since going behind, though they haven’t really threatened to score.

8.17am EST 08:17

60 min: Diagne has a goal disallowed for offside! It was a decent finish, a downward header past Lloris from Snodgrass’s cross, but replays confirm he was beyond the last man.

A Diagne effort is ruled out for offside. Photograph: James Williamson – AMA/Getty Images

Updated at 8.36am EST

8.17am EST 08:17

60 min That was such a clever touch from Kane to start the counter-attack.

8.16am EST 08:16

That was a classic Spurs counter-attack. It started with Kane, who chested the ball deftly round the corner to find Lucas Moura in a bit of space. He charged 60 yards to the edge of the West Brom area and then played an angled pass to Son, who blasted a first-time shot through Johnstone.

Son celebrates his 13th league goal of the season. Photograph: James Williamson – AMA/Getty Images

Updated at 8.23am EST

8.14am EST 08:14

GOAL! Spurs 2-0 West Brom (Son 58)

Son makes it two with a beautiful goal!

Game over? Son makes it 2-0 to Tottenham Photograph: Matt Dunham/Reuters

Updated at 8.19am EST

8.12am EST 08:12

56 min West Brom will have to come out and play now. They ahve some decent options on the bench, including Matheus Pereira.

8.11am EST 08:11

It was made by Hojbjerg, who slid an excellent pass through the eye of the needle to find Kane 12 yards from goal in the inside-left channel. He controlled the ball, opened his body and slid a precise low shot into the far corner with his right foot. Expertly done.

Hojbjerg and Kane get the plaudits from their team-mates. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Updated at 8.27am EST

8.10am EST 08:10

GOAL! Spurs 1-0 West Brom (Kane 54)

Harry Kane scores his 208th goal for Spurs!

Harry Kane makes it 1-0 to Spurs. Photograph: James Williamson – AMA/Getty Images

Updated at 8.14am EST

8.07am EST 08:07

50 min Lamela is fouled by Sawyers on the right wing. He takes the free-kick himself and Bartley heads away.

8.05am EST 08:05

48 min Lamela goes on a lovely run, hugging the ball on his left foot as he slaloms elegantly past Maitland-Niles and Gallagher. Then he shifts the ball away from Ajayi in the area – but that takes him onto his right foot, with which he slides a tame cross-shot wide of the far post.

8.04am EST 08:04

47 min Sam Johnstone is an extremely good goalkeeper, who probably deserves an England call-up.

Updated at 8.06am EST

8.03am EST 08:03

46 min: Good save from Johnstone! Spurs almost take the lead after 16 seconds of the second half. Kane turns smartly on the edge of the centre circle and threads a beautiful through ball to Son. He surges into the area and slides a low left-footed shot that is kicked away by the stretching Johnstone. That was fine goalkeeping, both the positioning and the reactions.

Updated at 8.03am EST

7.49am EST 07:49

Half time: Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 West Brom

Peep peep! So far so good for West Brom, who have kept their sheet clean with a determined defensive performance. Harry Kane missed two excellent chances, but Spurs looked increasingly frustrated as the half progressed.

Big Sam, still agile at 66. Photograph: Julian Finney/AP

Updated at 8.11am EST

7.46am EST 07:46

45+1 min “He’s off,” says Richard Harris. “In answer to Guy Hornsby’s resigned acceptance that Kane won’t stay at Spurs after this season, I reckon Chelsea or Manchester United would be interested but Levy would most likely give him to Real Madrid on condition they take away Bale at the same time like an old mattress or fridge.”

7.46am EST 07:46

45 min: Vital save from Lloris! West Brom almost steal the lead out of nothing. Maitland-Niles curls a pass down the right to Snodgrass, who teases Davies and lifts a lovely cross to find Diagne in space at the far post. He thumps a downward header towards goal and Lloris plunges to his right to push it away. It almost slipped under his body but Lloris just managed to keep it out with his arm as he fell to the ground. West Brom thought the ball might have crossed the line; the goalline technology suggested otherwise.

Updated at 7.47am EST

7.42am EST 07:42

42 min: Good save from Johnstone! Son’s corner from the left is flicked on at the near post and headed towards goal from close range by Aurier. Johnstone reaches to his right to paw the ball away, and then Peltier and Snodgrass throw themselves in front of Alderweireld’s follow-up shot. Brilliant defending.

Updated at 7.43am EST

7.41am EST 07:41

41 min “You say that West Brom have been pinned back, and although that’s true I don’t think Spurs are making it particularly difficult for them,” says Adam-Kline Schoder. “There’s not much speed in Spurs’ play as yet, and the slowly curated crosses from the wings towards relatively static forwards in the box are making it pretty easy for West Brom’s defence. I find that frustrating, as the few times Spurs have upped the tempo they’ve (a) looked really good and (b) sliced through West Brom’s defence with ease. Ah well, we can’t all be Leeds, can we?”

Yes, it’s been a strange kind of domination. Spurs have had most of the ball and all of the chances, but at no stage have West Brom been overwhelmed.

7.39am EST 07:39

40 min Corner to Spurs on the left. Son’s inswinging is cleared by the appreciable noggin of Kyle Bartley.

7.39am EST 07:39

38 min “Afternoon Rob,” says David Reynolds. “Is there any chance that the football followers and pundits who are consumed with their disrespect and enmity for Jose Mourinho, and who wish to interpret everything he does as evidence for his evil or foolishness, could just be content that we have got the message. We understand you hate him. It is so tiresome to read and hear the same diatribes every single game.”

I don’t hate him at all; in fact I really want him to succeed at Spurs. But it would be a bit strange to preview this match by waxing lyrical about the feelgood factor at the Lane.

The universally-popular Jose Mourinho. Photograph: Matt Dunham/Reuters

Updated at 7.42am EST

7.37am EST 07:37

37 min Lucas Moura feeds a pass into Kane, 15 yards from goal. He shifts the ball to the right and spanks a shot that is pushed round the near post by Johnstone. The angle was tight but that was a decent effort from Kane.

7.36am EST 07:36

36 min Son tees up the onrushing Ndombele, whose first-time sidefoot from 20 yards is kicked away by Bartley.

Updated at 7.36am EST

7.33am EST 07:33

33 min Nothing is happening. West Brom have calmed things down after that slightly hairy spell.

7.31am EST 07:31

31 min “How many times?” says Son to the referee after being dragged over by Peltier.

7.29am EST 07:29

30 min “Hard to feel optimism at the moment Rob, even with Harry Kane back,” says Guy Hornsby. “We’ve rushed him back from injuries before and the games without looked like neither the players nor José knew what to do without him. We probably need to work it out as I’m not sure he’ll be around after May. If so, where do you think he’ll go?”

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7.28am EST 07:28

29 min There’s a break in play while Grant receives treatment.