Harry Kane scored twice as Tottenham put Huddersfield to the sword at the John Smith's Stadium. The England striker ended something of a drought at Brighton last week and was at the double for Spurs here. Kane had earlier wasted a golden chance before opening the scoring from a Kieran Trippier cross. He had his second soon after as he fired home from the penalty spot after Danny Rose had been felled. The win is the perfect preparation for Spurs ahead of their clash with Barcelona in midweek. Huddersfield meanwhile remain without a win at the start of the season. Follow all the action as it happened from the John Smith’s Stadium, right here.<doc-sep>Tottenham Hotspur took care of business on the road against bottom-of-the-table Huddersfield Town, riding the wave of a Harry Kane brace to take all three points, 2-0, at Kirklees Stadium. The match started with Spurs conceding possession to Huddersfield Town for the better part of ten minutes, almost as if they were waiting for the moment to strike. The first chance of the match came on a beautiful run by Danny Rose, attempting a diving header that went just wide. Danny wanted a foul but there looked to be minimal contact on the play. Not long after Danny’s chance, Kane broke free on a counter attack and fired one from about 12 yards out, but Huddersfield keeper Jonas Lossl was up to the challenge to deny the English International and keep the score level. Spurs continued to let Huddersfield have the ball, picking their spots to force turnovers into chances. Their persistence paid off in the 25th minute after a turnover in midfield allowed Lucas to lead a break, dumping the ball off to Kieran Trippier after he had a minor penalty shout, but Trips’ cross was inch perfect and found the head of Harry Kane, pounding the ball down into the net. Spurs led 1-0 even with only 25% of the possession. Huddersfield wouldn’t sit back and take it, though. After a stoppage of play to tend to an injury, the home side had a corner kick end up about 25 yards out. Chris Lowe fired a low curling volley that, on any other day, finds the lower corner. Paulo Gazzaniga, who has had a very hot hand in net for Spurs, made a wonderful diving stop to deny what would have been a surefire goal of the season contender to keep his clean sheet. Spurs turned it on after the big save, breaking free with Son Heung-Min and Rose on the left side. A little one-two combo and Rose was on net, only to be taken down for a penalty. Kane stepped up to the spot and blasted home the freebie, making it 2-0 and giving him a brace on the day just 35 minutes into the match. Huddersfield got one final chance to get on the scoresheet in stoppage time. Depoitre received a great cross about 12 yards out, hitting a near perfect volley that beat everyone except the crossbar. The shot rattled off of the the bottom of the bar away from goal and eventually cleared out by Spurs’ defense. Spurs made a couple of changes at the half, bringing on Harry Winks and Victor Wanyama to take over in midfield. Mousa Dembele, more than likely being saved for Champions League midweek, took a seat along with an injured Jan Vertonghen, though let’s all hope that injury isn’t serious. Spurs spent most of the first twenty minutes of the second half playing the same way that they did in the first half, opting to sit back and concede possession, only striking when necessary. Lucas and Sonny both had opportunities after the 60th minute when the game started to get a little loose with fouls, but a shot over the crossbar and a bullet into the stomach of Lossl was all they could muster up. Truth be told, there was very, very little of note to even discuss with the second half. Huddersfield had a couple of half-chances that they messed up while Spurs were happy to just force turnovers and keep them away from the final third. Huddersfield simply had no key to unlock the tight defense. Kane’s brace ended up being good enough as Spurs took home all three points, 2-0. Thoughts on the Match<doc-sep>
Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t beat Liverpool a couple of weeks ago. Can they beat Liverpool Lite? Spurs are at Huddersfield Town today, trying to win their second consecutive away match against a Premier League bottom feeder. This time it’s against the team that is actually at the bottom of the table. Huddersfield have just two points in their opening six matches, and things are looking a little bleak at the moment for David Wagner’s Terriers. However, Spurs will play this match without their two best creative players in Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli, who are both injured. That means Erik Lamela is almost certainly going to feature from the opening whistle for Spurs, and they’ll need to rely on Harry Kane, Son Heung-Min, and Lucas Moura for their goals today. Spurs should still have enough talent to get three points against Huddersfield, but you never look a gift horse in the mouth. No away match is an easy one, and if Spurs take their foot off the gas they could find themselves wondering how they managed to drop points to Huddersfield. Spurs will reunite with an old friend as academy graduate and one-time Carty Free favorite Alex Pritchard now plays (bearded) for Huddersfield. I love Pritch, but I want to make him cry today. Let’s smash ‘em. COYS! Lineups How to Watch Date/time: Saturday, September 29, 2018 | 10 a.m. (ET), 3 p.m. (BST) Venue: The John Smith’s Stadium, Huddersfield, UK TV: CNBC (USA), not televised, (UK), TSN3 (Canada), Optus (Australia), other listings at livesoccertv.com Streaming: NBC Sports Live (USA), fubo.tv (free trial) Radio: Audio streamed at tottenhamhotspur.com. UK - check local listings Match thread rules: