Spurs start with a win
Dele Alli fired Tottenham to a 2-0 victory at Newcastle on Sunday after the England midfielder was involved in the crucial dismissal of Magpies midfielder Jonjo Shelvey.
Shelvey was shown a second half red card for deliberately treading on Alli, who was on the ground only yards from referee Andre Marriner.
Tottenham capitalised by scoring through Alli and then Ben Davies to open their Premier League campaign with a comfortable three points at St James' Park.
It added up to a frustrating return to the Premier League for Newcastle, who had competed well until Shelvey's dismissal.
Until the red card, the encounter was heading towards a goalless stalemate.
The pattern of the rest of the game was dictated by the dismissal of Shelvey in the 48th minute and it was only a matter of time, before the 10 men were opened up. Eriksen was responsible for a fine pass that Alli slid past the Elliott after 61 minutes.
The Tottenham pair were also involved in their second goal after 70 minutes when they combined with Kane before Davies nipped in front of Eriksen to finish calmly.
Kane was inches away from ending that drought when he struck the post in stoppage time. He will have to wait a little longer for that 100th goal for the club.
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