Premier League result: Harry Kane scores twice and sees penalty saved as Tottenham Hotspur win at Nottingham Forest

Johnson plays a slick one-two with Lingard before seeing his low drive from distance deflect a couple of yards wide.

The resulting corner comes to nothing.

The hosts had done all of the early running, but Kane's class told in what was pretty much the away side's first attack.

Kane takes Kulusevski's pass in his stride before rolling a low 20-yard shot into the bottom corner.

Gibbs-White jinks to his right but his curling effort from 20 yards out floats harmlessly over the bar.

Copper will be pleased with this start though.

Forest have won six of the last 10 league encounters - but the Reds lost both fixtures in 1998-99, their most recent top-flight campaign. Indeed, Tottenham have won four of their last five showdowns in all comps.

The hosts win a free kick on the left flank and have an immediate chance to test the Spurs rearguard.

Gibbs-White's delivery is too close to Lloris, who punches clear before showing good hands once again when Lingard teases a more dangerous cross in the from the right in the second phase of the attack.

Forest get us underway.

“From Sunday we have to play seven games every three days. After every game I will have to check the situation with all of the players for tiredness and injuries and one player will not be able to play in all seven games – it is impossible. I am not a magician! I cannot forecast this, but we go game by game to make the best decisions for the team and for the players.”

Steve Cooper's men have allowed their opponents to take 61 shots already this season. That was at least 14 more than any other PL club heading into this round of fixtures.

Indeed, goalkeeper Dean Henderson has been the busier of all of the PL stoppers with 18 saves to his name.

They are not the sort of stats that will benefit you in the long-term, so can the Reds find a way to deny openings? Kane, Son et al will provide a real test of that this afternoon.

“The club are heading in the right direction and you can see what he Head Coach wants to do. I believe in the project and we want to build something for the future. Playing for these supporters is going to be an incredible feeling that I don't think I can describe, I just can't wait to get my boots on and start playing."

“It’s crazy, an unbelievable record (185 PL goals) and I’m sure he’ll continue for a very long time. It doesn’t look like he’s slowing down any time soon. To have someone as professional as him leading the line, with the quality he has, not just the goals, but his all-round game, he’s a pleasure to play alongside. His movement is so quick, and he reads the game so well.“.

“It's about trying to get on a run, trying to build momentum and pick up as many points as we can early in the season. It’s a season where every point will be valuable. Last season showed that and it’s important we kick on again from here.”

“Sonny is enjoying his football every day. To think he is enjoying it more or less just because of one goal, it is ridiculous. We are trying to create a problem when the problem is not there. I am not worried and, if anybody is going to be worried, it is the coach. He is working well and in my opinion he is playing a good game. He has to continue to play that way. When he finds the goal, he is going to score and the situation will return to normal for everybody, but I am really surprised to be speaking about Sonny. If we have seven points and you are complaining about Sonny and, when he is good, I think we can do good things!”

“We have been linked with a lot, some are maybe true, some are definitely not. We would like to sign more players, I know we have signed a lot and we are not going to shy away from talking about that. The reality is we would like to have signed more than we have by now, but that’s the nature of the transfer window. We have a few more days and we will see where we end up.”

“It was important to get early deals done. Neco was in high demand and we felt we needed to do it — it was too good an opportunity. We couldn't take the risk of losing him. They are both attacking players and we are really happy with Neco. He has had an excellent start to playing regular Premier League football."

Forest make two changes from the 1-1 draw at Everton. Ryan Yates and Morgan Gibbs-White get the nod to start with Taiwo Awoniyi on the bench.

Meanwhile, Antonio Conte sticks with the side that edged to a 1-0 win over Wolves. However, summer signing Djed Spence is named on the bench.

Spence was on loan at Forest last season.