Harry Kane went top of the Premier League goalscorers chart with a hattrick to help Tottenham Hotspur get a 4-3 win over Leicester City on Saturday and remain in the hunt for a top four finish.
The game began poorly for Spurs as goalkeeper Hugo Lloris had to be stretchered off early on, after sustaining a cut on the knee off a collision with teammate Kyle Walker.
Kane – who is primed to earn a first England cap after being called up during the week – however lifted the spirits at White Hart Lane and justified the England call-up by lashing in the opener off a corner kick in the sixth minute.
Christian Eriksen was denied by the post but Spurs eventually doubled their lead in somewhat fortunate circumstance, as a volley from Kane took a wild deflection that wrongfooted the Leicester City goalkeeper on its way into the bottom corner in the 13th minute.
Bottom side Leicester would come back fighting though, and goals either side of half-time from James Vardy with a firm strike and Wes Morgan off a corner kick levelled scores for the Foxes.
Spurs however regained the lead through Kane, who bagged his hattrick with a penalty into the bottom corner in the 64th minute, while Jeffrey Schlupp put into his own net in the 85th minute to make it 4-2 to Spurs as an Eriksen shot was blocked by the keeper only for the ball to bounce off Schlupp into goal.
David Nugent ensured of a nervous finish to the game when he pulled one back for Leicester in the 90th minute, but Spurs held on for a thrilling win to go just three points off fourth spot for now.
Elsewhere in the Premier League on Saturday, Southampton also lost its goalkeeper as Fraser Forster went off early on with an ankle injury in the 2-0 win for the Saints over Burnley.
Shane Long turned in a loose ball to give Southampton the lead after 37 minutes while an own goal from Jason Shackell ensured the Saints remain in sixth place with 53 points, ahead of Tottenham on goal difference.
Crystal Palace came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Stoke City, with Mame Biram Diuof’s 14th minute strike cancelled out in the final four minutes of the first half by Glenn Murray’s vicious penalty to the top corner and Wilfred Zaha’s strike.