Cardiff 0-3 Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur have moved to within six points of leaders Liverpool, as they bounced back to ease past Cardiff City in Wales.

First-half goals from Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-Min capped off a blistering attack display in the opening 45 minutes.

Spurs have now climbed above Manchester City into second place, with Liverpool and City locking horns on Thursday night.

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How it Happened

Kane started the game off the way he has been performing recently. The England striker ran at the Bluebirds' defence before slipping it to full-back Kieran Trippier, who whipped it in for Kane and after some disastrous defending, the Spurs #10 scored.

The third minute strike from Kane meant that he has now scored against all of the 28 teams he has faced in the Premier League.

It was soon 2-0 to the visitors after a speedy counter-attack with Son finding Eriksen just inside the box and his near-post low strike left Neil Etheridge stranded in goal.

Tottenham were in cruise control and keeping the ball with ease. Basically toying with Cardiff. Tiring them out.

It was soon all but game over for Cardiff; when Moussa Sissoko's powerful surging run forward picked out Kane, who laid it off to Son, who picked out the far bottom corner.

It was a wonderful finish from a tight angle from the South Korean, who has now scored eight in his last nine Premier League matches.

Cardiff were really struggling to get to grips with a brilliant Tottenham side in the first-half, and it looked almost impossible for the Welsh side to find a way back into the game.

The hosts came close after the restart when Callum Paterson crossed it to Junior Hoilett at the back post, but his header couldn't beat Hugo Lloris.

Cardiff looked much improved in the second-half and they came close again when Sean Morrison's knock-down hit Aron Gunnarsson's back and almost bobbled in over the line, but Lloris was equal to it.

The home side looked slightly better in the second-half, but the rampant first-half from Spurs was enough on Tuesday evening.

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The Managers

Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock: "When we start off like that; we shoot ourselves in the foot. All the planning goes out the window. The goals were disappointing but they were too good for us in the first-half. But that's life and you move on.

"I was pleased we hung in there because it's easy to throw the towel in when you're 3-0 down to a team like this. Four points in three games over a difficult period is good really.

"We have had a great season so far. Players were told what they were doing and two or three let me down a little in that respect defensively today. We were playing for pride in the end."

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino: "We were so relaxed and kept calm, it was so important. We showed Wolves was just an accident. It's a crazy fixture (list) - it's normal that in some games we can drop our mental energy.

"The most important thing is to find a way to be consistent if we want to be a contender. We need to believe more in us. We are in a process of doing fantastic things."