Tottenham v Crystal Palace ratings: Moura 8, Kane 7; Zaha 3, Edouard 4

Victory extends Spurs' unbeaten Premier League run under Antonio Conte to six games

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  TOTTENHAM RATINGS: Hugo Lloris – 6. The Frenchman celebrated his 35th birthday with a front-row seat for his teammates’ performance, as he was left largely untroubled. Reuters

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  Davinson Sanchez – 6. Had quite the tussle with Wilfried Zaha before the Palace man was shown his second yellow. Best moment came in the 88th minute when he won the ball before making his way into the box and firing wide. Getty

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  Eric Dier – 7. Delivered a string of teasing balls forward, one of which was key in waking the team up after a slow start; he cut out a pass and sparked a move, and the game changed. AFP

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  Japhet Tanganga – 6. Returned to the starting line-up and got in an early block to deny a chance at goal by Ayew. The second half started with the defender stopping a possible attack by Gallagher. AP

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  Emerson Royal – 8. Did well in the opening stages to dispossess Palace and put Spurs on the front foot. Was part of both goals in the first half, laying off a great ball for Moura to run on to, before he added an assist when he swung in a great ball for Moura to head home. AFP

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  Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – 6. The Denmark international was unable to trouble Butland in goal with a deflected effort in the first half. Hojbjerg was largely a passenger as Skipp dominated in the middle of the park. EPA

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  Oliver Skipp – 8. The midfielder has thrived since the appointment of Conte and the 21-year-old handled his midfield duties with maturity, finding the right passes and timing his tackles to perfection. Getty

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  Sergio Reguilon – 7. Started to see more luck on the wing the more the game went on, with the Spaniard able to swing in decent crosses from the left. EPA

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  Lucas Moura – 8. Had an exciting drive into the final third cut out by Palace before a glancing header from a Reguilon cross went just wide. Slotted in a great ball for Kane’s goal and moments later, headed in a goal of his own. Slid across a great ball for Son to tap in. Reuters

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  Son Heung-Min – 6. Back in the action with a low drive forcing Butland to push wide of goal. While it looked like the Korean was the quieter of the front three, he made no mistake getting a touch on Moura’s ball ahead of his departure. AFP

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  Harry Kane – 7. Barely saw anything of the ball before half-time but made no mistake slotting home another goal to add to his Boxing Day tally. Could have added a second when his effort from a corner narrowly flew wide. EPA

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  SUBS: Steven Bergwijn (Kane 64’) – 6. Benched following Spurs’ victory against West Ham in the League Cup but subbed on as Conte hoped to save his players’ legs ahead of a busy schedule. Getty

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  Bryan Gil (Son 76’) – N/A. Played a nice one-two in the build-up to Reguilon’s second half strike. AFP

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  Tanguy Ndombele (Hojbjerg 79’) – N/A/. A final change for Spurs as the game entered the final 10 minutes. Getty

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  PALACE RATINGS: Jack Butland – 6. Was forced into an early save to push Son’s low shot wide. Managed to get a touch on Kane’s strike but was unable to keep out Spurs’ quick succession of goals. EPA

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  Joel Ward – 6. Seemed to find it hard swinging in balls early on with Reguilon and Tanganga equal to them, before witnessing the former in thriving form as Spurs forced Palace back. Getty

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  Joachim Andersen – 5. Left ball-watching and unmoved by Emerson’s ball into the box, which Moura leaped to nod home. Blocked out a promising cross by Kane in the second half. AFP

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  James Tomkins – 6. Headed a set-piece over the bar in the opening minutes but needed to do more ahead of the first goal when he lost his man and handed Kane too much space. Booked. Getty

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  Tyrick Mitchell – 7. Likely the only bright star as he continued his run of being ever-present in Palace’s line-up. He did well to cut out Royal’s move into the box among several other good tackles and dribbles. AFP

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  Conor Gallagher – 5. The Chelsea loanee has been a star-man for Palace this season but he was largely kept quiet and unable to knit anything of substance together. AFP

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  Cheikhou Kouyate – 5, Didn’t play well in the midfield battle and couldn’t quite get a hold on the game in any shape or form. AP

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  Will Hughes – 6. The former Watford man looked key in Palace keeping on the pressure in the first half before getting in a decent block just after the break as Spurs pushed for a third. AFP

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  Jordan Ayew – 6. Had the first opportunity of the game after just 55 seconds with the striker struggling to keep his chested-down volley on target. AFP

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  Odsonne Edouard – 4. A tough day for the Frenchman, who struggled to get a foothold on the game and was left without a shot. Reuters

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  Wilfried Zaha – 3. A miserable day for the Palace forward, who was booked for a challenge on Royal early on before being shown a second yellow for a push on Sanchez. Reckless behaviour, with his team 2-0 down at the time. AFP

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  SUBS: Jean-Philippe Mateta (Edouard 63’) – 5. Couldn’t make much of an impact from the bench. Getty

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  Jeffrey Schlupp (Gallagher 76’) – N/A. Did remarkably well to take the ball away from the box after coming on and quickly denying Spurs a fourth goal. AFP

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  Nathan Ferguson (Mitchell 82’) – N/A, A debut for the 21-year-old, who signed for Palace in July 2020, before being sidelined after suffering a serious knee injury. Reuters

Lucas Moura played a big role in Tottenham Hotspur's 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace that stretched their unbeaten run in the Premier League under new manager Antonio Conte to six games.

Moura set up goals for Harry Kane and Son Heung-min and bagged one for himself as Spurs eased past a Palace side who were missing Covid-struck manager Patrick Vieira.

"We started a bit slow but created chances to score. We improved the quality and the intensity and scored twice and for sure when we played against 10 men it was easier," Conte said.

"Now we have to recover and make the best decision around our starting 11 for Southampton (on Tuesday). It won't be easy for us or other teams to play after two days."

Wilfried Zaha compounded Palace’s woes with a needless red card in the 37th when the south London club were already trailing 2-0.

Palace, who are 12th, failed to register a shot on target.

"The two goals and the red card changed the game. We knew it would be difficult with 11 men on the pitch, but it made it even more difficult after the red card," Crystal Palace assistant manager Osian Roberts said.

Player ratings from the match can be seen in the picture gallery above.