Conte prepared for Champions League battle as Spurs hammer Everton
Key takeaways:
- Harry Kane's 176 Premier League goals for Tottenham have come in 270 appearances.
- Tottenham improved Everton's rising relegation worries and kept their top-four aspirations as Frank Lampard's team was outclassed and disgraced.
Frank Lampard's Everton destroyed by Tottenham Hotspurs:
Spurs ran riot on an embarrassing evening for Lampard and his players as Everton conceded in a style that increases real doubts regarding their capacity to retain Premier League level.
Everton defender Michael Keane set the tone for the evening by firing Ryan Sessegnon's into his net after 14 minutes, while goalie Jordan Pickford was at blame for Son Heung-min's second three minutes after.
Matt Doherty put Harry Kane free to put the match out of sight eight minutes ere half-time, while any slight hopes of an Everton revival were gasped out when substitute Sergio Reguilon netted with his first touch at the far post seconds after the restart.
Kane added the fifth after 55 minutes as Everton tumbled apart, meeting Doherty's excellent cross with a brittle left-footed volley.
Everton is only one point and one place beyond the relegation zone with a match in hand on Burnley below them.
In the Champions League qualifying positions, Tottenham stays seventh, only three points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.
The prior month, following a 2-0 defeat against Wolves, Spurs manager Antonio Conte urged it was "impossible" for his team to end in the top four, but after Monday's victory said his "anticipations have become higher."
"A top-four race for foolproof, and we want to be concerned - we're evolving more powerful in multiple aspects," added the Italian.
"We have to take the burden now. We have to battle to reach the best achievable spot and to combat for a place in the Champions League."
"For sure, it won't be easy. We ought to have an aim, and I think we can accomplish this; we're prepared to do this."