Erik Lamela scored one of the finest goals ever seen at White Hart Lane on a night in which Tottenham's hat-trick hero Harry Kane ended the thrashing of Asteras Tripolis in goal.

This Europa League encounter was not one which whetted the appetite, but the 21,428 in attendance were treated to a wonderful, entertaining match full of incident.

Kane not only scored his first hat-trick for Spurs but ended the Group C clash in goal after Hugo Lloris' late sending off, although Lamela will take the headlines for his wonderful brace in the 5-1 win.

Many wrote off the man billed as Gareth Bale's heir after a poor, injury-disrupted first season in north London, although this evening he showed a glimpse of the talent that saw Spurs last summer fork out a club-record £30million for his services.

Showing incredible skill and creativity, Lamela wrapped his left foot around his right leg to score with a rabona strike from the edge of the box - a goal any of the greats to don the lilywhite shirt would have been proud of.

Spurs were already a goal ahead at that point thanks to Kane's long-distance strike and their first Group C win was to get better still, with Lamela volleying home from an acute angle before Kane turned home his second from close range.

The 21-year-old wrapped up a hat-trick soon after and then donned the goalkeeper's gloves after Lloris was shown a straight red card for bundling over Tasos Tsokanis. The resulting free-kick from Jeronimo Barrales squirmed through Kane's grasp, but that was not enough to wipe the smile off his face.