Eriksen's double leads Spurs recovery

Christian Eriksen inspired Tottenham's recovery against Sunderland on Saturday, scoring twice in a 4-1 victory that consolidated the north London club's spot in the Champions League qualification places.

Fourth-place Tottenham fell behind five minutes before the interval but Patrick van Aanholt's goal was immediately wiped out by Eriksen.

Mousa Dembele put Tottenham in front approaching the hour-mark at White Hart Lane and Eriksen's shot then took a big deflection off Jan Kirchhoff to beat goalkeeper Jordan Pickford on his league debut.

Harry Kane netted the fourth from the penalty spot in the 79th minute after Kirchhoff's foul on Danny Rose was punished.