Harry Kane back up and running as Tottenham see off Huddersfield

Huddersfield 0-2 Tottenham: Kane scored twice to make it back-to-back wins for Spurs

Late September trips to Huddersfield clearly do Harry Kane the world of good. Having rounded off the month last year with two goals in West Yorkshire, he repeated the trick to give both himself and Tottenham a much-needed lift.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side are hardly struggling, but life has been complicated for them of late, with Kane struggling for form, and Dele Alli succumbing to a hamstring injury that could keep him out for around four weeks.

With Christian Eriksen also unavailable because of injury, and Barcelona looming in the Champions League this coming Wednesday, it was a good time for Kane to rediscover his scoring touch.

The England striker has looked weary and out of sorts since helping his country to the semi-finals, and himself to the Golden Boot, at the World Cup during the summer. Last September, his two goals in a 4-0 win at Huddersfield saw him finish the month with 13 goals from eight games. He had scored just one in six before his return visit. He soon set about amending that statistic.

Huddersfield had already been warned in the opening 10 minutes, when Christopher Schindler had misjudged the bounce of a Davinson Sanchez clearance, allowing Kane to race clear, but goalkeeper Jonas Lossl held his nerve and blocked with his feet.

The home side, who could have been behind even earlier than that had Danny Rose not headed just wide from a Kieran Trippier cross, did not heed the lesson and went behind after 25 minutes.

Terence Kongolo managed to hold up Lucas Moura’s run, injuring himself in the process, but the Brazilian got to his feet and fed Trippier to cross for Kane to head in.

Kongolo was carried off on a stretcher, and his replacement, Florent Hadergjonaj, was soon experiencing his own misery, punished for a shirt tug on Rose inside the area. Kane stepped up and sent Lossl the wrong way with the resulting penalty.

Kane scored twice for Spurs (Getty)

Huddersfield have struggled for goals since their promotion to the Premier League 16 months ago, but were out of luck at key times here. They were appealing for a penalty in the first five minutes as Lucas caught Chris Lowe right on the edge of the area, although referee Craig Pawson did not deem it a foul.

Then Lowe’s sweet, swerving 25-yard shot, which came between Kane’s two first-half goals, deserved to produce an equaliser, but was pushed aside by the alert Paulo Gazzaniga in the Tottenham goal.

Right on half-time, Laurent Depoitre met Erik Durm’s cross on the run with a perfect volley that looked bound for the top corner. The home fans waited for the net to bulge, but instead the ball bounced out off the crossbar.

It's now two wins on the spin for Tottenham (REUTERS) (Reuters)

Spurs saw out the second half in relative comfort, with Lucas failing to take two opportunities to score, first being denied by Lossl after wriggling into space, and then firing wide having won possession in midfield and charged for goal.

Huddersfield continued to labour without reward, with Gazzaniga gathering a low shot from Alex Pritchard and then watching Chris Lowe bend a free-kick just wide, before grabbing a header from Philip Billing.

The Tottenham goalkeeper made a fine late save at his near post to turn aside substitute Isaac Mbenza’s shot, bound for the top corner, but the home side’s woes in front of goal continue; they have scored just once in the league on their own ground since February 11. If only they could afford a striker of Kane’s class.