Burnley were dealt a dose of capital punishment as England skipper Harry Kane helped Tottenham Hotspur run riot.

The injury-hit Clarets suffered the worst possible start in North London, finding themselves 2-0 down inside the opening 10 minutes, Kane opening the score with dipping drive before Lucas Moura scrambled home an early second from close range.

Son Heung-min then made a mockery of the Clarets to grab a third before the break, carrying the ball from the edge of his own box before firing past Nick Pope.

Kane added a second early in the second half before Moussa Sissoko rounded off a perfect afternoon at the office for Jose Mourinho’s side who kept a clean sheet for the first time under the Portuguese.

The home side started with a spring in their step and it didn’t take long for them to turn early possession into the first goal of the afternoon.

Kane picked up the ball 35 yards out, skipped forward with the Burnley backline retreating before launching a dipping drive beyond the despairing dive of international teammate Nick Pope.

Jose Mourinho’s men immediately went on the hunt from the restart, Ben Mee doing well to turn away a Serge Aurier cross before Kane saw his shot charged down by Pieters.

They didn’t have to wait long for the second though.

Moura got the final touch, scrambling home from inside the six yard box after Pope’s save from Son looped goalwards off Mee.

Things almost got even worse for the Clarets on 16 minutes, Moussa Sissoko hitting the post with Pope beaten after a neat through-ball from Son.

And a minute Tarkowski had to be at his best to deny Dele Alli who breach the Clarets defence and found himself through on goal.

It looked nailed on that he was going to add a third for the home side but Tarkowski’ late sliding tackle was enough to put the Spurs man off his stride.

Robbie Brady almost got the Clarets back in the game with a header against the bar on 21 minutes before Jay Rodriguez saw his flick header saved comfortably from Paulo Gazzaniga five minutes later.

But that proved to be the briefest of high points for the Clarets who found themselves 3-0 down just after the half-hour mark.

Son, who had spent much of the opening third of the game driving his side forward, picked up the ball on the edge of his own box from a Burnley free-kick before running the entire length of the pitch to slot past Pope.

While the credit for the goal will rightly go to the newly-crowned AFC overseas player of the year, Dyche will surely have pointed out at half-time that several Clarets players tried – and failed – to stop him advancing.

It was a poor goal from a Clarets point of view but probably no less than rampant Spurs had deserved.

Burnley started the second half brightly enough, but Kane added a fourth nine minutes after the restart to all but end any lingering hopes of a miracle in North London.

Lowton gave the ball away with a sloppy pass and as soon as Kane received the ball in the Burnley area the Spurs fans rose in anticipation of what was to come.

Kane shifted himself inside and fired high into the roof of the net.

The Clarets tried to rally but Spurs were in no mood to let them settle and Sissoko added a fifth 16 minutes from time, poking home from close range after a neat one-two with Kane.

With a fifth in the bag, Spurs were quite happy to let Burnley have plenty of the ball but in fairness the Dyche’s men never looked like giving the travelling hoards anything to cheer about.

Spurs: Gazzaniga, Aurier (Skipp 80), Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Dier, Sissoko, Alli (Parrott 85), Son, Lucas (Sessegnon 75), Kane.

Subs: Whiteman, Rose, Eriksen, Lo Celso.

Burnley: Pope; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters; Brady (Lennon 71), Cork, Hendrick, McNeil; Wood (Vydra 65), Rodriguez.

Subs: Hart, Drinkwater, Gibson, Goodridge, Glennon.