John Ellis is known to many Spurs fans and we have over 450 mutual friends on Facebook. I am pleased to add this "third eye" feature article written by "El Gringo". This time John offers his thoughts on our 3-0 win at Burnley.

John invariably comments after every Spurs game on his Facebook page, and I usually agree with everything he writes. That applies to John's detailed eye-witness report on this game, which is published below, with kind permission:-

Burnley 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur

As the teams came out Burnley had a Champions League style welcome with people stood in a circle waving a banner up and down but obviously without the iconic music. I've not seen that before at a Premier League stadium. Before kick off the Spurs players were noticeably geeing each other up. Dier went to every player giving encouragement. In essence, they were up for the task.

This showed immediately as Spurs started with a very quick tempo. Dele perhaps went too far by diving recklessly into a challenge which after the media attention during the week was somewhat ill-judged. He was promptly booked after just three minutes to leave him tip-toeing on an 87 minute long tightrope which he managed with a good level of maturity.

Three minutes later Dele was in the thick of the action again, thrusting into the penalty area before being brought down for a penalty which Kane duly tucked away. Dele was revelling in being the centre of attention and the Christmas pantomime villain. His touch and mojo were well and truly back.

Dele and Kane unlocked the defence for Kane to put past the post. In the 21st minute Spurs won possession from a Burnley corner and Eriksen must have had eyes in the back of his head to release Dele down the left who put Sissoko through on goal. Nobody had any confidence with one fan shouting "Wrong man! Wrong man!" Unfortunately Sissoko proved him right by missing not only with his first shot but also with the follow up.

Five minutes later Kane should have played left to Dele but greedily shot high and wide. Sanchez was excelling at the back and Dier - looking much more comfortable in midfield - was providing the screening in front of the defence which was so sorely missed at Man City last week.

Aurier however continues to show signs of vulnerability and on this occasion cut inside and lost the ball deep inside his own half but thankfully Lloris spared his blushes. Having said that overall Aurier had a good game. Two long wasteful crosses from Davies from excellent positions were a disappointing feature of the first half. The half time whistle blew with fans happy with the performance but believing Spurs should have been going in with a two or three goal lead.

The second half started in much the same vein. Dele nearly put Son through and then Son did put Eriksen in but the ball just wouldn’t come down quickly enough and the chance was gone.

In the 55th minute Aurier played the ball in to Kane who showed great hold up play to release Aurier for a slide rule ball for Son to finish but incredibly he blazed over the bar when it seemed easier to score.

Kane played provider again with a delightful ball to Dele who would have smacked it first time last season but he tried to chip it over the last defender and the ball landed into the keeper’s arms. Kane was involved in everything now and this time broke down the left with an easy pass to put Eriksen in but for a player of his quality surprisingly overhit the ball across the face of goal. Kane then curled a deflected shot just over the bar and from the corner Sanchez’ header was blocked on the line. There was a nagging doubt that our profligacy in front of goal might come back to haunt us just as it did in the reverse fixture earlier in the season.

These doubts were however joyfully extinguished in the 69th minute when Sissoko put Kane through. Harry took his time and with defenders closing in from either side coolly slotted the ball home to finish with aplomb.

Ten minutes later saw Spurs at their very best. Kane pressed high and won back possession, Davies passed to Dele who in turn passed to Kane to score yet another hat trick - his seventh of the year. The goal also brought him level with Alan Shearer’s 22 year record of 36 goals in a calendar year and also as joint top scorer in the Premier League this season with 15 goals. Harry is destined to be a true great of the game. In fact he already is.

Dele, having taken a lot of vitriol from the home fans, enjoyed his walk off and clapped the Spurs fans vigorously for their support of him. He was back to his impish best today and made a huge difference with his runs, earlier release of the ball, intelligence at finding space and work rate.

Disallowed goals within a minute at either end ensued and followed just a minute later by Lloris making a good save down to his right. The final whistle blew. It is always nice to celebrate a Spurs away victory but especially so at this time of the year when we are able to sing the festive jingle bells song.

Spurs are back in the groove and long may it continue.

Here is an interesting observation - we only have to play two of the top 11 away after today and seven of the bottom nine away in the table. That should set us up for a strong second half of the season. We are back to Wembley on Boxing Day and having been robbed of the West Ham game in this calendar year, let’s hope Harry can smash Shearer’s record in front of his adoring fans in our final game of the 2017 year. A year in which Harry Kane has to-date scored 53 goals. He’s one of our own you know and we are so pleased he is!

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