Tottenham produced a five-star showing on Monday Night Football as Harry Kane scored twice in a 5-0 thrashing of relegation-threatened Everton
In a thoroughly one-sided contest, Tottenham were 3-0 ahead by half-time after Michael Keane's own goal (14) was added to by Heung-Min Son three minutes later, the South Korean's shot flashing underneath Jordan Pickford's body
Things got even worse for the visitors before half-time as Kane ran onto Matt Doherty's pass to reverse his shot into the net, with the goal upheld upon VAR review despite a marginal offside call (37)
Frank Lampard sought to address matters by replacing Keane at the interval but his side were further behind 41 seconds after the restart as half-time substitute Sergio Reguilon swept home from Dejan Kulusevski's cross at the far post
Tottenham were not done there, as Doherty was given too much time to pick out Kane at the far post for a superb volley back across Pickford's goal into the far corner with 35 minutes still to play
 It was the striker's 176th Premier League goal, surpassing Thierry Henry in the records
The result means Spurs remain in seventh on 45 points but with two games still in hand over West Ham and Manchester United above them and three points off Arsenal in fourth place, who have played a game fewer
 - and this was a damaging loss for the Merseyside club, who remain in 17th place - one point outside the bottom three - but with a goal difference that is now four inferior to Burnley who occupy the final position in the relegation zone
Antonio Conte said afterwards: "We've got 12 games to play and I have to be the first to take responsibility
 I don't like to speak of the Champions League as my ambition as I play to win trophies, but for me, it is our Premier League title if we reach the fourth place
"I'm pleased for my players
 The hard work we are doing is starting to pay
 This team is improving a lot
 We have a lot of space to continue to improve
"It's not enough
 The players and I want to try to be competitive and to fight for position at the top of the table
 We have to take this responsibility, the players and I, in the last 12 games to give everything
 We'll see what our position will be
"Conte was Chelsea's manager when a 5-0 win over Everton in November 2016 at Stamford Bridge acted as a springboard to his only actual Premier League title but this result could have significant psychological ramifications for both these teams
Everton have failed to have a shot on target in two of their last three Premier League games, something they had not done in any of their previous 80 matches
 The team's haul of 22 points after 25 games is their lowest total at this stage of a top-flight season ever
If they were under any illusions about being in a relegation battle, they certainly aren't now
"I am confident, but that doesn't mean anything," Lampard said following his heaviest defeat as a manager
 "I didn't walk into the building with a magic wand
 I am absolutely confident that is why I am here
 The feeling at this club when I came here was we could be going down, it was clear around the city, it was up to me to change that and I thought we had changed that
 But this is a test of that
"Lampard clenched his fists in front of the travelling fans on his last visit here as Chelsea beat Tottenham 2-0 in December 2019 but he stood with his arms crossed and a permanent frown for much of this contest
Everton's poor away form predates their current manager - no side have collected fewer away points than the six they have mustered across the entire season - but Lampard has now lost all three of his away Premier League games, and in an alarming manner
The visitors actually made an encouraging start in possession, but any growing optimism was blown away in a three-minute period that left Lampard looking to the skies
Ryan Sessegnon is enjoying a career revival under Conte and the left wing-back played a crucial role in his side's opener as his determined run and cross led to Keane's hapless own goal under pressure from Kane's dart to the near post
It was Keane's error which led to Phil Foden's winning strike last weekend, and his own goal which decided this fixture two seasons ago during Project Restart
 But Everton were still picking themselves up from their own misfortune when another individual mistake extended Tottenham's lead
Mason Holgate was too slow to cut out Kulusevski's through ball as Son surprised Pickford with an early shot which squirmed under the body of the England goalkeeper on his 200th Premier League appearance
 On his 28th birthday, there was little to celebrate
Having been on the wrong side of a contentious handball decision against Manchester City, Lampard would be cursing VAR eight minutes before the break when Kane was played fractionally onside by Jonjoe Kenny to sweep in a third
By then, the striker had already lashed a rebound wide after Pickford had saved from Son
 Doherty also had gone close with a close-range effort, with Everton's defence all at sea
Something had to change, and Keane was hooked at the break after taking a blow to the face in the dying embers of the first half - Lampard later confirmed he had been feeling unwell and had put himself forward to play - but it was a Spurs change that instantly made a difference
Sessegnon was taken off with a muscular injury, and his replacement Reguilon was celebrating within a minute as the lively Kulusevski selflessly picked out the onrushing wing-back for his second Premier League goal
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, on his return to the side following a groin strain, dragged a shot wide of Richarlison's studs at the far post before normal service was resumed as Kane's cross was flicked onto the crossbar by Eric Dier
Tottenham fans resorted to gallows humour with chants of "sacked in the morning" towards the forlorn former Chelsea manager, but Lampard stood motionless, as his mannequins in blue did too when Tottenham added a brilliant fifth
Conte seems to have settled on Doherty at right wing-back and, like Sessegnon, he is taking his chance, as the Irishman's pass picked out Kane for a superb volley back across Pickford in much the same way he scored recently against Leeds
Dele Alli was introduced with 20 minutes remaining and given a warm reception from the home supporters
 There were very few Everton fans left inside to hear the final whistle
Tottenham striker Harry Kane has netted 176 Premier League goals, with only five players managing more in the history of the competition (Shearer 260, Rooney 208, Cole 187, Agüero 184 and Lampard 177)
He told Sky Sports: "No game in the Premier League is easy
 Credit to how we set up and we punished them on the break
 All in all a really good Monday night
"It is all about getting those chances and I am always confident I am going to hit the target
 I always try and keep the ball low
 Hard work and practice, it is no secret
"Over the last few years, my game has changed a bit, in terms of dropping into the pockets, I played as a number 10 in the youth team
 As teams and managers change, you have to adapt your game
"Thierry was one of the greatest strikers we have seen, so nice to go above him in the scorers list and hopefully they keep coming
"The top four has to be our ambition
 We are not the finished article yet but the manager has had time to settle in and physically, I think we are in a really good position
 We are in there and in the mix and we have to feel that pressure if we want to be a top team
 We can't hide from that
"Conte said of Kane: "Harry is in a good moment of form
 He's an important player for us
 Today it's good to celebrate because we won 5-0 but I want an answer from my players in the game against [Manchester] United on Saturday
 I want to see if we're getting better and better in a tough game against an important team fighting with us for the top four
"Lampard waited another 14 minutes after Kane had scored Tottenham's fifth before he turned to Tottenham's one-time favourite
Alli was the poster boy of the cherished team Mauricio Pochettino built, but the feeling is that professional life stifled his joy of playing
 It is the only way of explaining how he has ended up at Everton
He enjoyed a meteoric rise under Pochettino having arrived as a precocious 19-year-old in the summer of 2015 but he only scored nine times in Tottenham's new stadium before his departure for an initial free transfer at the end of January
That he failed to fulfil his rich talent in the white of Tottenham is a source of frustration and regret for the majority of those who filled the stands on Monday night, but he must show his hunger to prove he belongs at the highest level again
Tottenham's running stats have shot up since Antonio Conte's arrival but it is a curiosity that Alli didn't therefore thrive under the Italian, given how he excelled in this category among his peers at MK Dons and notably under Pochettino, who recognised him as the fittest member of his squad