Tottenham boosted their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League with a comfortable Premier League win over Wolves.
Spurs, who are five points adrift of a top-four place, leapfrog West Ham into sixth on goal difference, with Everton, who play later on Sunday, three points further back.
It was a deserved victory for the hosts who hit the woodwork three times after creating a number of excellent chances.
Harry Kane, who saw an early effort cannon off the left-hand post, set Spurs on their way, calmly slotting in the opener from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s superb pass on the stroke of half-time.
While Wolves carried a threat on the break they were forced to ride their luck at times, with Kane and Dele Alli both hitting the right-hand post within seconds of each other.
And Hojbjerg unsurprisingly doubled Spurs’ advantage, reacting first after Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio had parried a Gareth Bale effort to slide the ball into the bottom right corner.
Romain Saiss, Adama Traore and Fabio Silva all had good opportunities to reply for the visitors, but not for the first time this season it was a frustrating day in front of goal for Wolves, who remain 12th in the table.
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Tottenham Hotspur
- Squad number8Player nameWinks
- Squad number17Player nameSissoko
- Squad number28Player nameNdombele
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number11Player nameRui PatrÃcio
Squad number2Player nameHoever
Squad number16Player nameCoady
Squad number27Player nameSaïss
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
Squad number32Player nameDendoncker
Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Squad number20Player nameVitinha
Squad number18Player nameGibbs-White
Squad number17Player nameFábio Silva
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number12Player nameWillian José
Squad number60Player nameCorbeanu
Line-ups
Tottenham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Lloris
- 25TangangaBooked at 86mins
- 4Alderweireld
- 15Dier
- 3Reguilón
- 18Lo CelsoSubstituted forWinksat 69′minutes
- 5Højbjerg
- 9BaleSubstituted forSissokoat 89′minutes
- 20AlliSubstituted forNdombeleat 82′minutes
- 7Son Heung-Min
- 10Kane
Substitutes
- 2Doherty
- 6D Sánchez
- 8Winks
- 11Lamela
- 12Hart
- 17Sissoko
- 23Bergwijn
- 27Lucas Moura
- 28Ndombele
Wolves
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 11Rui PatrÃcio
- 2Hoever
- 16Coady
- 27Saïss
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 28João Moutinho
- 32Dendoncker
- 37Traoré
- 20VitinhaSubstituted forDa Silvaat 63′minutes
- 18Gibbs-WhiteSubstituted forNevesat 73′minutes
- 17Fábio SilvaSubstituted forCorbeanuat 82′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Aït-Nouri
- 5Marçal
- 8Neves
- 12Da Silva
- 15Boly
- 21Ruddy
- 39Cundle
- 49Kilman
- 60Corbeanu
Live Text
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur).
Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Foul by Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur).
Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Moussa Sissoko replaces Gareth Bale.
Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
Attempt missed. Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Theo Corbeanu with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Moutinho.
Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur).
Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Japhet Tanganga (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Tanguy Ndombele (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by João Moutinho (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Theo Corbeanu replaces Fábio Silva.
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