Tottenham 4-0 Watford: Premier League as it happened

Full-time: Tottenham 4-0 Watford

What an effort! Kane smashes a fantastic effort over the wall but his effort rattles off the crossbar! And with that, the final whistle goes. Kane is denied his goal but Tottenham keep the pressure on Chelsea.

Cathcart throws himself in front of Kane to try and stop the Spurs forward from bursting through the Watford defence. From 30 yards out, this might be his last chance to score this afternoon...

Three minutes of time added on at White Hart Lane.

Son won't get his hat-trick today, but he's had another outstanding afternoon. Josh Onomah comes into replace him for the final minutes of this match.

Son cracks the woodwork! After that sorry effort to seal his hat-trick moments ago, he's awfully unlucky with this one. Trippier is again involved, clipping a sublime ball down the inside right with the South Korean meets on the half volley, but his effort hammers off the underside of the bar.

Son should have his hat-trick! Eriksen, who has been majestic today, slides a ball through for Kane who takes it in his stride with the goal in front of him. He generously slides the ball onto Son, who looks to have the easy task of tucking it into corner with just Gomes to beat, but he steers his effort wide!

CLOSE! Trippier whips another sublime cross in from the right towards Kane and the Spurs striker is about an inch from connecting with a header that would have surely secured his side's fifth.

Here's another change for Spurs, Dembele is replaced by Moussa Sissoko.

Half a chance for Deeney! The substitute peels off his man as a ball comes into the box from the left, taking it on his chest before flicking a clever shot towards goal but it flies over Lloris' bar.

Trippier plays another great ball down the inside right for Kane to bring down just inside the box. He draws out Gomes but the angle is too tight for him to find the back of the net.

Bit late now, but here comes Troy Deeney for the final 20 minutes, replacing Amrabat.

Alli is now getting all hot under the collar after a coming together with Holebas. The Watford defender didn't look to have done too much wrong with Alli jumping up to get in his face after hitting the ground. Anthony Taylor defuses the situation however and both men walk away with no action taken.

Now Alli down. The Spurs star drops a few stepovers which Success doesn't take too kindly too, and rakes his studs down the back of the England international's ankle.

Eriksen is grimacing after taking a kick but he looks okay to continue and stands over the resulting free kick to take it himself.

And here's Tottenham's first change of the match; Vincent Janssen makes way for the returning Harry Kane.

Son has his second and looks like he wants more. Watford shipped six at Anfield earlier in the season; they could be in even more trouble if Spurs keep this up.

That's 6 goals in his last 5 games for Son.

It's four! Eriksen jogs forward, waiting for the overlapping run of Trippier on the right. He offers the run, bursting past his man and swings in a peach of a cross that Son meets with a tidy volley inside the box, driving it past Gomes for his second of the game. Tottenham looking unstoppable at the moment.

Goal! Tottenham 4-0 Watford (Heung-min Son, 54)

Janmaat dances in from the right with space opening up in front of him to shoot. He obliges, but his wayward effort isn't troubling Lloris.

Vertonghen is one of the more polished centre-halves out there but even he loses his composure after being set through one-on-one on goal. Eriksen threads a sublime ball through with the big Belgian racing forward on the counter to lead the attack, but he's already stumbling as he breaks into the box and Watford get it back off him.

Watford come forward on the counter with Niang freeing success but his cross into the middle is expertly turned away by Alderweireld.

A few moments ago, Kieran Trippier was down receiving treatment with Kyle Walker sent out to warm up but the former looks okay to continue.

And we are back underway for the second half.

Half-time: Tottenham 3-0 Watford

Watford are all over the shop now and this is getting messy. A failed clearance falls to Eriksen who turns to shift it onto Son. He carries it for a few yards, completely unchallenged with no Watford defender showing the slightest bit of interest in shutting him down. Invited to shoot, Son obliges, and finds the far corner with a sweet strike from 25 yards out.

Goal! Tottenham 3-0 Watford (Heung-min Son, 43)

Alli's superb strike opened the scoring and Dier has just doubled the lead.

Game over? Tottenham double their lead. Son is again involved, cutting in from the left and lashing a cross into the six yard area that bounces off a Watford defender and into the path of Dier on the edge of the box. The England midfielder steadies himself and lashes his half volley past Gomes and into the back of the net.

Goal! Tottenham 2-0 Watford (Eric Dier, 38)

Just over five minutes of the first half left and Tottenham, as you might expect, are looking a lot more relaxed now.

Tottenham have the breakthrough! Mousa Dembele almost has his shirt ripped off him by Doucouré as he races up field, but manages to release the ball to Son out on the left and the advantage is played. He has support from Alli who gets the ball on the edge of the box and instead of trying to fight his way through the crowded box, bends a superb effort into the top corner. Sublime goal.

Goal! Tottenham 1-0 Watford (Dele Alli, 32)

Eriksen is trying to find pockets of space in between the Watford defence but it hasn't been easy. This time he manages to find Janssen who returns the ball into his path. Under pressure from two Watford defenders however he cannot get a proper shot away with his eventual effort trickling through to the goalkeeper.

Harry Kane is out for his first warm up of the afternoon. Given Janssen's performance so far, it might not be too long before we see him coming on.

Alli picks up the ball and cuts in menacingly from the left. He feeds the ball into the path of Janssen and looks for the return but the Dutchman is again flagged offside.

Mariappa leaps to divert a ball from Eriksen out for a corner, with Janssen lurking just behind him. The Dutchman did appear to be stood offside however when he really shouldn't have been. Not a good 25 minutes for him.

And another one evades Janssen! Another ball comes in from the right but the Dutchman isn't alive to it at the far post and it trickles out for a goal kick.

Watford try to pass out from the back but Son is quickly on the scene to break up play. Spurs win it back and force the ball wide to Trippier who whips a hugely inviting ball across goal with Janssen lurking in the middle, but somehow he misses it! I have no idea how he misses that, he tries to control it on his thigh and the ball rolls away from him.

Watford are asking questions every time they venture forward at the moment. Niang opts for the spectacular, whipping a curled effort on goal from out on the left but Lloris is equal to it.

Gomes denies Janssen! Eriksen rolls a pass into the big Dutchman, who easily rolls Cathcart inside the box to get his shot off. He fires low and hard, but the Watford 'keeper reacts well to deny him his first Premier League goal from open play.

Son stands up his man as he makes his way into the box before firing a cross in. It takes a nick of Janmaat that pushes it out onto the post and out for a corner kick.

Up the other ends, Son tries to angle a ball into Eriksen who has peeled off his marker but there is just too much pace on the ball and it slides away from him.

Holebas bends it over the wall but it is a fairly comfortable catch for Lloris.

A cross almost falls to Niang inside the Tottenham box but he can't quite sort his feet out in time to get the shot off. He instead moves the ball to the edge of the box where Janssen clumsily brings down Holebas. Watford free kick.

The corner is floated into Vertonghen on the edge of the D who lashes a half volley on goal but a cluster of Watford shirts ensure it doesn't find a way through.

Dele Alli saunters down the right flank, looking for room to drift inside. He doesn't find it but instead wins a corner off Janmaat.

And we are underway at a sun-drenched White Hart Lane.

Here come the teams; here's one more look at those line-ups before we kick-off.

Warm ups are done; we are just about to get underway at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham vs Watford is the first of seven games taking place this afternoon. There are five kicking off at 3pm, the pick of those being West Ham United vs Swansea City. The Hammers have been sucked right back into a relegation battle and Paul Clement's side can move to within one point of Slaven Bilic's side with a win today.

Hull City can strengthen their survival bid if they can nick something away to Manchester City, with Liverpool looking to tighten their grip on a top four spot at the Britannia Stadium where they face Stoke City.

Walter Mazzarri makes four changes to the side that beat West Brom midweek. Miguel Britos (suspension) and Sebastian Prodl (rib injury) are both ruled out with Adrian Mariappa coming in to start his first Premier League game for Watford since May 2007. 3614 days to be exact.

Daryl Janmaat and Stefano Okaka also come into the starting XI with Isaac Success making just his second Premier League start for the Hornets with Troy Deeney rested.

Mauricio Pochettino has made three changes to the side that won at Swansea on Wednesday. Hugo Lloris has recovered from illness to regain his place in goal, while Kieran Trippier comes in on the right with Kyle Walker handed a rest and dropped to the bench.

Moussa Sissoko was hauled off in the second-half in south Wales midweek so it is no surprise to see him benched. Vincent Janssen, with one goal from open play this season, leads the attack with Harry Kane waiting on the sidelines.

Victor Wanyama is available again having recovered from a back injury, he too is on the bench this afternoon.

Watford team to face Tottenham: Gomes (GK) (c); Mariappa, Cathcart, Holebas; Janmaat, Cleverley, Doucouré, Amrabat; Niang, Okaka, Success

Subs: Pantilimon (GK), Kabasele, Eleftheriou, Mason, Zúñiga, Capoue, Deeney

BREAKING: Etienne Capoue and Troy Deeney are only fit enough for the bench, Isaac Success and Stefano Okaka among the four changes.

Tottenham team to face Watford: Lloris (C), Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Son, Eriksen, Dele, Janssen

Subs: Lopez, Walker, Wimmer, Nkoudou, Sissoko, Wanyama, Kane

BREAKING: Harry Kane starts on the bench with Vincent Janssen starting up front. Hugo Lloris starts in goal having recovered from illness.

Chelsea are not looking like a team who are just about to throw away a seven point lead at the summit of the Premier League. But Tottenham are ensuring they don't completely run away from it. Defeat at Swansea would have surely ended the hopes of the most optimistic Spurs fans on Wednesday and up until the 88th minute, it looked like that was going to happen.

Three goals in six minutes kept the gap between the two London rivals at seven points however, with Pochettino refusing to rule his side out of the title race.

Team news: Watford

Walter Mazzarri's side are depleted at the back this afternoon with former Spurs defender Younes Kaboul ruled out with a hamstring injury suffered in the win over Sunderland. Sebastian Prodl is recovering from a rib injury while another defensive option in Miguel Britos is serving a suspension.

Etienne Capoue, Valon Behrami and goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes ar doubts, according to the Watford boss, who also described Troy Deeney and Tom Cleverley as "very fatigued."

Elsewhere for Spurs, Victor Wanyama is another who will be assessed ahead of kick off. The former Southampton midfielder had been ever-present in the Spurs starting XI up until Wednesday night, but missed the win over Swansea after taking a knee to the back in the previous game over Burnley.

Team news: Tottenham

Hugo Lloris was withdrawn from the squad for Wednesday's meeting with Swansea with Mauricio Pochettino revealing ahead of kick off he had been struck down with illness. Michel Vorm stepped in but he picked up a knee injury in that 3-1 win, meaning both Tottenham's first and second choice shot stoppers were doubts yesterday.

Neither man was ruled out of this afternoon's match but 22-year-old Pau Lopez, brought in on loan from Espanyol last summer, is on standby to make his debut for the club.

Pochettino on Harry Kane

Team news: Tottenham

Harry Kane is expected to be in the match day squad this afternoon but Mauricio Pochettino kept his cards close to his chest when addressing the press on Friday, refusing to reveal whether the England international will start or not.