Kane and Alli scored - with the national team boss in place
"We could play better and moved the ball faster. We are lucky to lead 1-0 after the 1st round, but in the second half it's better. All in all, a good win, Kane said in an interview.
After the semi-final loss against Manchester United in the FA Cup, there were "only" four league matches that resided in Tottenham's season. And someone in northern London began to worry about whether they would disappoint the disappointing result against United.
FACT TABLE - Top six.
Manchester City 35 games, 93 points, 76 plus goals.
Manchester United 35 games, 77 points, 40 plus goals.
Liverpool 36 games, 72 points, 43 plus goals.
Tottenham 35 games, 71 points, 37 plus goals.
Chelsea 35 games, 66 points, 26 plus goals.
Arsenal 35 games, 57 points, 19 plus goals.
They did not need to worry. With good help from the duo Kieran Trippier and Christian Eriksen, plus a single appearance by the Greek keeper Orestis Karnezis, Del Alli Spurs sent the lead after 16 minutes. It was the goalkeeper midfielder's eighth league goal, and the fourth scoring on the last five matches in all tournaments.
It's good news for England's national team manager, Gareth Southgate, who was at Wembley on Monday night. Alli is considered an important weapon if England is going to do well in the summer's World Cup.
"We all need to play well. Even on days when we are not so good, we must find a way to win, Kane said.

Harry Kane is equally important and it was a little calm in the Tottenham camp when the top scorer entered 2-0 three minutes after the break. It looked like Kane's header from Heung-Min Son, but the ball ended up with Kieran Trippier and, as his posts ended up within the 16th, Kane had risen.
The ball was in goal for a while later. 2-0 Tottenham.
It was Kanes league number 27 this season, four behind the league's top scorer Mo Salah. But Kane has shown, by last season, that nothing is impossible in football. Then Kane scored eight goals in the last three league matches - and became top scorer.
FACTOne matches in the duel about the two places in the Champions League:
Liverpool 36 games, 72 points: Chelsea (away) and Brighton (home).
Tottenham 35 matches, 71 points: WBA (away), Newcastle (home) and Leicester (home).
Chelsea 35 matches, 66 points: Liverpool (home), Huddersfield (home) and Newcastle (away).
"I will always try to improve me every season. Last year I stopped on 29 series goals, so to reach the 30-limit had been nice, Kane continued.
Anyway - his scoring against Watford sent Tottenham up in 71 points, with three games left to play. Behind Manchester City and Manchester United, Tottenham is the best in the theory, although Liverpool is a point ahead. Liverpool has only two matches left, one of them against Chelsea. And Chelsea have to beat Liverpool at Stamford Bridge to have a small opportunity to hijack the last English place in the next season's Champions League.
"We must not look too much backwards. We still have to end strongly, Kane said before going to the closet.
Watford has almost "laid off" after they secured early in the Premiership. In the last seven games only two points and three scores have been scored.
