Harry Kane's double was not enough to snatch the Golden Boot in an eventful 5-4 win over Leicester at Wembley
Neither side looked like teams with little to play for, with Jamie Vardy nodding in Riyad Mahrez's free-kick inside four minutes
Kane levelled (7) but found themselves 3-1 down thanks to a classy Mahrez finish (16) and Kelechi Iheanacho's superb long-ranger (47), before Erik Lamela's close-range finish (49) and a Christian Fuchs own goal (53) made it 3-3
Just when Spurs looked to have sorted themselves out as Lamela doubled his money (60) to put them in front, Vardy beat the offside trap to level again (73)
But Kane curled in his 30th of the season (76), and Spurs' fifth, to leave them third in the table and Leicester ninth, but with the Golden Boot heading to Liverpool and Mohamed Salah's mantelpiece
Kyle Walker-Peters, a surprise inclusion in the hosts' line-up, was caught out early on when he tripped Demarai Gray out wide
 Mahrez's free-kick then found an unmarked Vardy at the near post to nod beyond Hugo Lloris
Tottenham's reaction was immediate and they levelled through Kane, trailing Salah in the Golden Boot race by three before the match, when he paced away from Danny Simpson and beat Eldin Jakupovic at his near post
But their defensive frailties were underlined by a sucker-punch second from the visitors, with Mahrez hammering into the bottom corner once Vardy was tackled
Any hopes of a Tottenham revival after half-time were hit when Iheanacho held off Victor Wanyama before his effort rocketed into the top corner from 20 yards
But they hit back within 60 seconds when Lamela turned in Walker-Peters' low cross, and were level when his shot struck Fuchs' outstretched knee and went in
They took the lead for the first time as Lamela completed a first double in English football, Walker-Peters again feeding his Argentine team-mate, but Leicester soon equalised when Vardy raced away from the home defence and fired high into the top of the net
Three minutes later, Spurs retook the lead for what would be the final time, Kane cutting inside and bending the ball around Jakupovic for his second of the day, and once he missed Danny Rose's cross from the left altogether late on he knew his Golden Boot chances were up
Vardy deserved his 21st and 22nd league goals of the season in a typically-energetic performance, scoring two well-taken goals and had more shots than anyone else in the game
He also made two key passes, ran for everything on offer from any ball forward from a Leicester man, and didn't deserve to be on the losing side
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