Tottenham v Wolves: Premier League – live!

38 min: Good save from Rui Patricio! A quick-witted header from Kane finds Son in a bit of space on the left of the area. He moves the ball away from Coady and cracks a left-footed shot that is pushed away at the near post by Patricio. The ball ricochets off Dendoncker and back into the loving embrace of Patricio. That could easily have been an own goal from Dendoncker.

35 min Moutinho plays a good ball inside the full-back for Semedo, whose imperfect low cross is cleared at the near post.

34 min Alli goes over in the area after a slight push in the back from Coady. He appeals for a penalty; nobody else does and play continues.

33 min Saiss is lucky not to be booked for a foul on Alli, who beat him with a lovely deft touch.

30 min “Very obvious yesterday against Leicester that Chelsea are crying out for a top striker and while I can see a Werner-plus-cash bid for Dortmund’s Haaland, surely Harry Kane would more than fit the bill?” says Rick Harris. “Kane won’t win anything if he stays at Spurs and as the club has demonstrated that loyalty isn’t something they value if an ESL slot is on offer, I doubt Spurs fans would blame him for leaving.”

They would if he goes to Chelsea! I can’t see him joining another London club personally. He might not leave at all; I suppose it depends on who they appoint as manager, and what Kane thinks of them and their style of play.

29 min Traore heads a loose ball away from Alli and storms through the middle of the field. He runs 50 yards to the edge of the area before pushing the ball to the right for Silva, who shoots just wide of the far post. That was a decent chance, and another spectacular run from Traore.

27 min Lovely play from Alli. He nutmegs Dendoncker on the right, then swerves away from Semedo near the byline and forces a cross towards the near post that is kneed behind by Coady. The referee gives a goalkick but it was definitely Coady’s touch.

25 min I expected more intensity in Spurs’ play, partly because they need to win and partly as a response to their dismal performance at Leeds last week. Bale, who does look quite lively, has a shot well blocked by Saiss after running across the edge of the penalty area.

23 min Free-kick to Spurs 35 yards from goal. Bale clips it over the top towards Kane, whose shot on the turn goes wide on the near post. That was an extremely difficult chance as he was running away from goal and had to take it on the half-volley as it came on his outside.

21 min Bale strikes the free-kick cleanly but it’s not in the corner and Rui Patricio holds it comfortably as he falls to his right.

21 min Saiss commits a silly foul on Lo Celso 25 yards from goal. Bale and Kane are over it.

20 min Lo Celso’s corner is headed away at the near post by Coady.

19 min Lo Celso’s long-range shot hits the head of Saiss and loops over the bar.

17 min Lo Celso threads a superb pass down the left towards Son. He tries to find Kane in the area but his cross is well blocked by Hoever.

10 min Traore goes on another charge through midfield and is brought down by Alli. That might have been a yellow card, but it wasn’t.

8 min Traore leads a Wolves break, charging 60 yards before stabbing a pass to Fabio Silva on the right side of the box. His relatively tame shot takes a deflection and goes behind for a corner. Moutinho swings it in and Lloris claims at the second attempt.

7 min Fabio Silva runs onto a long ball down the inside-left channel, holds off a woolly challenge from Dier and works Hugo Lloris from a very tight angle. There was never much chance of scoring from there, and it was an easy save for Lloris, but at least it was a shot on target.

6 min That was such a good effort from Kane, a simple turn and an instant hit. He really is a majestic player.

5 min: Kane hits the post! Hojbjerg plays a short pass into Kane, unmarked 25 yards out. He turns and drags a terrific shot that beats Patricio and bounces up to hit the far post.

3 min Bale goes on his first run, away from Gibbs-White, but his cross is headed away.

1 min Peep peep! Spurs kick off on a beautiful afternoon in north London. They are in white; Wolves are wearing their Portugal kit.

The first game of the day was a cracker – it finished Palace 3-2 Villa

The teams in formation

Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1) Lloris; Tanganga, Alderweireld, Dier, Reguilon; Lo Celso, Hojbjerg; Bale, Alli, Son; Kane.
Substitutes: Hart, Doherty, Sanchez, Winks, Ndombele, Sissoko, Lamela, Bergwijn, Lucas Moura.

Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-2-3-1) Patricio; Hoever, Coady, Saiss, Semedo; Moutinho, Dendoncker; Traore, Vitinha, Gibbs-White; Fabio Silva.
Substitutes: Ruddy, Ait-Nouri, Marcal, Neves, Willian Jose, Boly, Cundle, Kilman, Corbeanu.

Referee Martin Atkinson.

It’s already been a good weekend for Spurs. West Ham’s draw at Brighton last night means that a Europa League place is back in their admittedly slippery hands. If they win their last three games they will qualify, the end. It’s a mixed bag of fixtures: Wolves at home today, Aston Villa at home on Wednesday and Leicester away next Sunday.

The doom and gloom surrounding Spurs in the last few weeks obscures some pretty decent home form. They’ve won four of the last five, hitting 15 goals in the process, and are odds-on to beat Wolves today.

More than half of those 15 goals have been scored by Gareth Bale. In his second spell at Spurs, Bale has carved out a niche which, though not entirely virtuous, could be very useful this week. All nine of his Premier League goals have been at home to teams in the bottom half of the table. Wolves (12th) and Villa (11th) are eligible for punishment.

Kick off 2.05pm.