Son Heung-min 8, Harry Kane 7; Semi Ajayi 4, Ainsley Maitland-Niles 5: Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion player ratings

Spurs' dynamic attacking duo score a goal each against hapless baggies

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  SPURS RATINGS: Hugo Lloris - 7: Had nothing to do until just before half-time then pulled off fine save from Diagne header, the only shot on target the whole match from the toothless Baggies. AFP

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  Serge Aurier - 8: Offered Spurs regular attacking threat down right. Lovely ball across edge of penalty area to hand Kane early chance. Saw header saved by Johnstone just before break. Good effort from Ivorian who limped off with 20 minutes to go. Pipped by Son for Man of the Match. EPA

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  Toby Alderweireld - 7: Solid as a rock from the Belgian who coped easily with Baggies limited attack who will have had harder day's at the grindstone. Getty

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  Davinson Sanchez - 6: Baggies target man Diagne is a physical opponent but Colombian kept him relatively quiet, although was rescued by the lineman's flag on a couple of occasions. AFP

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  Ben Davies - 7: In cruise control down the Spurs left up against Snodgrass with West Brom’s attacking threat minimal to say the least. Scottish opponent was booked for kicking out at a painful area for Davies in second half. EPA

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  Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg - 7: Dane’s beautiful through ball for Kane allowed striker to break deadlock after 54 minutes. AP

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  Tanguy Ndombele - 6: Quiet game in comparison to some of his efforts this season but kept things ticking over in midfield. AP

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  Lucas Moura - 7: Started the match in lively fashion with some dangerous attacks at the Baggies defence and it was his brilliant, surging run and pass that set up Son for Spurs second just before the hour. Provided the sort of pace and energy in midfield that the opposition are sadly lacking. AP

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  Erik Lamela - 7: Left-footed strike curled onto roof of net at start of game and sent Kane in on goal with threaded ball into box but striker couldn’t finish in opening period. Picked up game’s first booking for foul on Gallagher. AP

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  Son Heung-min - 8: Had Spurs first shot on goal 11 minutes; a long-range effort comfortably saved by Johnstone after being found by Kane. Same combination nearly worked again straight after break but goalkeeper stopped well with his foot. Fine overlap and finish made it 2-0 after 58 minutes. Relieved to have attacking partner in crime back in action. PA

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  Harry Kane - 7: Surprise early return from injury and the seemingly rusty striker missed three good chances in opening 20 minutes; putting two left-footed chances wide and saw another deflected away from goal with his right. Fourth chance on target and forced save out of keeper. No mistake with No 5 after fine pass from Hojbjerg 54 minutes in. PA

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  SUBS: Matt Doherty – (On for Aurier 68’) 6: Like-for-like replacement and slotted straight in with little problem. PA

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  Steven Bergwijn – (On for Lamela 74’) 6: No chance for Dutchman to shine as match was trundling to its inevitable conclusion by the time he came on. Dane Scarlett – (On for Son 90+3’) N/A. Getty

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  WEST BROM RATINGS: Sam Johnstone - 7: Benefitted from Kane’s radar being off-kilter in opening half. First serious save to make was to deny the England captain at his near post after 38 minutes and then produced decent one-handed stop on Aurier header a few minutes before half-time. Good save with his foot from Son strike straight after break. Left badly exposed throughout and no chance with goals. Getty

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  Lee Peltier - 6: Right-back stuck to his task and did little wrong up against some pacey Spurs attackers. Getty

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  Kyle Bartley - 6: Perfectly timed sliding tackle in penalty area on Lucas Moura as Brazilian was bearing down on Johnstone and another vital block to deny same player shot on goal in first 20 minutes. Left trailing in Moura’s wake in run-up to second goal. AP

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  Semi Ajayi - 4: Had been struggling to deal with Kane from kick-off and it no surprise when the Spurs attacker finally opened the scoring in second half. Getty

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  Conor Townsend - 6: Fine curling cross into box almost found Maitland-Niles in opening 10 then picked out Diagne moments later but loan striker could only head over. Aurier’s surging runs forward kept him very busy at the other end. Desperate sliding lunge couldn’t sop Son making it 2-0. PA

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  Romaine Sawyers - 5: A decent enough engine in midfield but looked like a lower-quality version of Spurs counterpart Hojbjerg. Getty

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  Robert Snodgrass - 6: Hardly any impact attacking wise until a minute before break when fine cross from the right picked out Diagne whose header was saved. Same duo found the net on the hour but striker’s header ruled out for offside. Booked for kicking-out at Davies. EPA

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  Conor Gallagher - 5: Midfielder on loan from Chelsea huffed and puffed but contributed little and was symbolic of the Baggies lack of flair in midfield. Reuters

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  Ainsley Maitland-Niles - 5: Loan signing from Spurs’ North London rivals Arsenal will not have enjoyed this. Nearly got on end of deep cross from Townsend early on but was generally chasing shadows and found going tough. Has jumped on board a rapidly sinking ship. Getty

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  Karlan Grant - 4: Former Huddersfield forward playing left wingback in Allardyce’s line-up and didn’t look comfortable. Tracked back well to stop Aurier getting into area in first half but little influence on game. Getty

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  Mbaye Diagne - 6: Powerful striker headed Baggies' first chance well over bar. Great opportunity before half-time but saw header well saved by Lloris. Had ball in net twice in second half but offside both occasions. AP

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  SUBS: Matt Phillips – (On for Grant 69’) 5: Game was as good as over by the time he came on. AP

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  Okay Yokuslu – (On for Sawyers 78’) N/A. EPA

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  Matheus Pereira – (On for Snodgrass 80’) N/A: Fine through ball for Diagne but Senegalese was denied a goal by offside flag. Manager clearly saving key player for battles to come. AFP

Harry Kane highlighted his importance to Tottenham as he returned from injury and helped them stop the rot by scoring in a 2-0 win over West Brom.

Kane had missed the last two and a half games after coming off with an ankle injury at half-time against Liverpool and things could hardly have gone worse for Jose Mourinho's men in that time as they were beaten in all three to lose ground in the race for the top four.

But the England captain made a quickfire return and put Spurs on their way against the Baggies with his 13th Premier League goal of the season, with Son Heung-min also finding the net in a much-needed win. The trusted duo have scored 26 of their side's 36 league goals this season.

Kane was the obvious catalyst and he had a number of them, but missed four opportunities you would expect the England captain to bury, before finally finding the net.

The Baggies could not rely on Kane continuing to miss and so it proved in the 54th minute.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg found the striker in space with an accurate pass and Kane made no mistake with a low finish. It was his 20th goal of the season in all competitions and his 208th for Spurs, matching Bobby Smith as their all-time second-highest scorer.

Four minutes later it was 2-0 as Spurs hit West Brom with a devastating counter-attack. Kane's clever chest pass set Lucas Moura free and the Brazilian, making his first Premier League start since October, carried the ball 60 yards before teeing up Son, who smashed home to end a six-game drought.