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Hello everyone. Welcome to LIVE text commentary of Tottenham vs Bournemouth from White Hart Lane. A big one for Spurs, who are under pressure to cut the gap on leaders Leicester and move clear of Arsenal, who both won yesterday.

Premier League / Matchday 31
White Hart Lane / 20.03.2016
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Toby Keel

Updated 20/03/2016 at 17:51 GMT


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King holds the ball up well after a slick Cherries counter-attack and finds Richie, whose cross is cleared by Kane, of all people. Just a warning for Spurs.
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Rose forces a corner for Spurs after Alli had ushered the England left back forward.
7'
Alderweireld pings a diagonal ball that almost reaches Eriksen in space on the left. Just too much on it from the Belgian, who has played every single minute of Premier League football this season.
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Lamela plays a poor pass to Dembele and Bournemouth nick the ball and push forward, but the excellent Kevin Wimmer gets across to sweep up.
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A whirlwind start, you could say. Eddie Howe looks worried.
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Bournemouth struggling to even get a touch of the ball in these early stages. They just cannot live with Tottenham's pace and intensity.
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The Spurs fans are in full voice after that start, as you'd expect. Spurs desperate to maintain their six-point cushions ahead of Arsenal and to close the gap on Leicester to five.
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That was just the start Spurs wanted, but nightmare stuff for the Cherries. That's the second-fastest goal of the Premier League season
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GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Bournemouth: Kane scored after 43 seconds! Walker drives down the right and delivers a dangerous ball in that Kane slides in from the edge of the six yard box! Wow, what a start!
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KICK OFF. We're underway at White Hart Lane.
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The players are out at White Hart Lane, and that means we're getting closer to kick-off. You can follow me right here on Twitter, and feel free to send me your predictions and thoughts on the game.
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And to think Spurs want to sign Moussa Dembele mk II, too. Could get confusing.
15.45
Bournemouth's only change from their 3-2 win against Swansea last time out is in the centre of midfield, where Harry Arter replaces Dan Gosling.
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Tottenham make five changes from their Europa League defeat by Borussia Dortmund on Thursday, but it's the same Spurs team that cruised past Aston Villa 2-0 last Sunday, with Walker, Rose, Dembele, Eriksen and Kane all restored to the starting XI.
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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe: "There is no feeling inside the camp that we are safe. There won't be until it is mathematical, and even then the work ethic doesn't change - we will still want to win games."
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Spurs midfielder Dele Alli: "Bournemouth have got some great players and it's another one of the surprises this season. A lot of people probably expected them to go down but they've got a great manager, a lot of great players and it's important that we don't become complacent, and that we do our job and stay professional. I don't think a lot of people expected Leicester to be up there, but then a lot of people probably didn't expect us to be up there. We are just going to keep taking each game as it comes, not worry about the title too much and carry on what we've been doing, and hopefully be up there at the end of the season."
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Lets dive straight into today's line-ups...