Harry Kane heaped praise on Matt Doherty as the Ireland defender laid on two goals for his Tottenham Hotspur teammate in the 5-0 demolition of Everton.
Doherty has been rejuvenated in the past couple of weeks under Spurs boss Antonio Conte as he’s wrested back the right-wing back slot.
The Swords man opened the scoring in the 4-0 victory over Leeds United two weeks ago, a result that led to Marcelo Bielsa’s sacking.
And he added to his growing standing under Conte with two fine assists for Kane, who moves to ten Premier League goals for the season.
It was a less promising game for his main rival to that right wing-back slot in Stephen Kenny’s side, captain Seamus Coleman, who saw his side slip closer to the relegation battle.
Spurs were already 2-0 up thanks to two goals in four minutes, an own goal from Michael Keane and a strike from Son Heung-Min, when Doherty found Kane.
The former Bohemians and Wolverhampton Wanderers man thread a perfect pass through for Doherty, who showed poise to finish well past Jordan Pickford.
Sergio Reguilon added a fourth within 41 seconds of the resumption, having replaced Ryan Sessegnon at the break.
And Doherty saved the best for last as he clipped an inch-perfect ball over the top, which Kane matched with an even better first-time finish into the far corner.
On the first goal, Kane said: “Great ball from Doughie [Doherty] there [to put] me one on one with the keeper and I’ll always back myself.”
For the second, he added: “Doughie played the ball perfectly and it was one of them, coming over the shoulder, sometimes you take a swing at it and it comes off.”
