Kane double helps Tottenham to victory over Dortmund

London (Reuters): Harry Kane struck twice as Tottenham Hotspur made a flying start to their Champions League campaign with a 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in their Group H opener at Wembley on Wednesday.

The England striker made sure there was no repeat of last season’s home woes in the competition with his side’s second and third goals after Dortmund’s Andriy Yarmolenko had cancelled out Son Heung-min’s opener in a frantic start.

Kane had failed to find the net in August before scoring twice for England against Malta and twice at Everton at the weekend and he showed he is back to his razor-sharp best with a fine left-foot finish in the 15th minute.

He then slotted his second on the hour mark to double his Champions League tally to four and, more importantly, seal only Tottenham’s third win in 13 matches at Wembley where two defeats in the competition last season proved so costly.

The only blemish on the night for Spurs was centre back Jan Vertonghen’s dismissal in stoppage time.

”Harry Kane was fantastic,“ Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino told reporters. ”It was so important to start well in a tough game.

“Dortmund played really well, they dominated the first half. We increased our level in the second half and we were very clinical in front of goal.”