KEEPER Artur Boruc endured an afternoon to forget as Cherries suffered a 5-1 defeat for the second weekend in a row in their first league encounter with Tottenham.

Boruc, recalled to the side following a thigh injury, gave away a penalty and spilled the ball in the build-up to two of the visitors’ goals.

Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in Spurs' emphatic victory, which left Cherries without a win in four games, although they remained outside the Premier League drop zone.

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Boss Eddie Howe made three changes to the starting XI following the 5-1 loss to Manchester City, with Boruc replacing Adam Federici between the sticks.

Also brought in were Joshua King and Marc Pugh, the duo preferred to Eunan O’Kane and Adam Smith as Howe tweaked his team’s shape.

The hosts made a superb start as they took the lead with just 49 seconds played. Pugh found Charlie Daniels on the left and the former Spurs man sent over a cross that was not dealt with by Danny Rose, allowing Matt Ritchie to control and lash unerringly home at the near post.

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However, the lead lasted until only the ninth minute. After Christian Eriksen expertly spun away from Ritchie and Simon Francis and played in Harry Kane, the England international was chopped down by the advancing Boruc in the box.

Kane duly bagged his second league goal of the season from the spot, sending Boruc the wrong way in the process.

Cherries responded positively and King went close when he nodded a fraction wide from Ritchie’s in-swinging cross.

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But the home side found themselves behind when a stroke of luck fell Spurs’ way in the 17th minute. Eriksen squared inside from a left-wing free-kick and after Rose’s shot hit Francis, the ball broke kindly for Mousa Dembele to calmly slot into the net.

Boruc had to be at his sharpest to prevent the lead from being further extended when he kept out a near-post header from Toby Alderweireld following Eriksen’s corner.

But the Polish stopper endured another difficult moment on the half hour mark when he spilled Kane’s floating cross and Erik Lamela was on hand to tap in the loose ball.

Matters quietened until first-half stoppage time, when Cherries saw three chances in quick succession go begging.

First, Pugh’s shot from Ritchie’s teasing cross was cleared off the line by Alderweireld, before King hit the base of the post on the turn and Ritchie smashed wide.

Boruc again took centre stage early in the second half when his attempted clearance hit Dembele – but the ball dropped kindly to the feet of the former Celtic keeper.

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Eleven minutes after the restart, it was 4-1. Rose pulled the ball back to Eriksen on the left and the Danish international’s searching cross was toe-poked into the right corner by Kane, who had cleverly drifted into space 12 yards out.

Kane was denied by a solid stop from Boruc but the Cherries keeper could not cling on to Alderweireld’s header moments later, allowing Kane to convert from close range and complete his hat-trick.

A well-struck shot by Ritchie was tipped over by Hugo Lloris before the imperious Eriksen rattled the inside of the right post with a thumping drive.

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Boruc was not penalized for a borderline challenge on Kane in the area and the rest of the clash was relatively uneventful.

Clinton N'Jie nearly made a superb entrance after coming on as a late substitute but his effort was kept out by Boruc.

MATCH FACTS

Cherries: Boruc, Francis, Distin, Cook, Daniels, Ritchie, Surman, Gosling, Pugh (Smith, 75), King (O’Kane, 61), Murray (Kermorgant, 68).

Unused subs: Bennett, Stanislas, Rantie, Federici (g/k).

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker (Trippier, 82), Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dier, Alli, Dembele (Mason, 68), Eriksen, Lamela, Kane (N'Jie, 85).

Unused subs: Townsend, Inomah, Wimmer, Vorm (g/k).

Booked: Rose.

Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire).

Attendance: 11,332 (including 1,390 Tottenham supporters).