With 45 points, the Spurs are only 7th, but they are two games behind West Ham, 6th with the same total, and Manchester United, 5th with two points more.
They also remain in the wake of Arsenal, 4th with three lengths ahead but one game less.
This 4th setback in 5 league games since the arrival of Frank Lampard on the bench, leaves the Toffees in a very uncomfortable 17th place, even if they too have one or two games less than the three occupants of the red zone .
However, the other club Liverpool never existed in this match which was already folded at half-time with a most depressing scenario.
The opener came from an own goal from Michael Keane who had deflected a tight cross into his goal, struggling with Harry Kane, even before the end of the first quarter of an hour (1-0, 14th ).
Three minutes later, a nice one-touch combination put Son Heung-min in a good position at the edge of the box and the Korean's slightly deflected shot beat a not-flawless Jordan Pickford on this shot (2- 0, 17th).
And shortly before the break, on a bright opening from Matt Doherty, Kane went to beat his teammate from the national team to drive the point home (3-0, 37th).
A goal that allowed the captain of the Three Lions to briefly join Thierry Henry in the ranking of the best scorers in the history of the Premier League with 175 goals, before overtaking him at the start of the second half, with a superb volley (5- 0.55e).
With 176 goals, he is now only 6th in the standings, but Frank Lampard, with 177, or even Sergio Agüero, with 184, risk seeing the "Harry-Express" pass under their noses even before the end of the season.
His terminus, at 28, could be beyond the 208 goals of Wayne Rooney (2nd), but probably not Alan Shearer and his mind-blowing total of 260 goals in 14 seasons.
Shortly before, Sergio Reguilon, had taken 40 seconds on the field to score the 4th goal (4-0, 46th) in a desperate Everton defense.
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