Tottenham 3 Fulham 1: Harry Kane, Lucas Moura and Kieran Trippier on target as Spurs win at Wembley

England's World Cup heroes returned to Wembley to earn Tottenham a hard fought win over London rivals Fulham, as Harry Kane ended his August goal drought .

A stunning free kick from Kieran Trippier and Kane's late strike gave Spurs a 3-1 win after Aleksandar Mitrovic had cancelled out Lucas Moura's opener.

After a week dominated by headlines about stadium delays, Spurs wasted no time flying out of the traps and should have been ahead after just six minutes when Ben Davies picked out Lucas inside the six-yard box but the Brazilian headed wide with the goal gaping.

Seconds later the same player was guilty of squandering another gilt-edged chance, as he pounced on a loose pass from Arsenal loanee Callum Chambers, only to let the ball run away when clean through on goal.

Kane felt he should have had the chance to end his August curse from the penalty spot when brought down by Timothy Fosu-Mensah but referee Anthony Taylor was unmoved.

Having been overrun early on, Fulham's midfield trio of Tom Cairney, Jean Michel-Seri and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa gradually grew into the game and Cairney forced Lloris into a good low save with a sidefoot effort from the edge of the box.

However, just as the visitors looked to be in the ascendancy Lucas struck, curling a magnificent left-footed shot in off the inside of the far post from 18 yards for his first Premier League goal.

Minutes after the restart, Mitrovic almost had Fulham level, rattling a low drive off the right-hand upright before Dele Alli lashed a volley straight at Fabri.

On 52 minutes though, Fulham were level. Left back Joe Bryan curled a magnificent cross to Ryan Sessegnon at the back post and although the teenager got his finish all wrong, knocking back across goal with the net at his mercy, Mitrovic was on hand to head home the equaliser.

Kane came close to restoring Spurs' lead with 20 minutes to go, connecting well with an Eric Dier cross only to see his effort come back off the bar, before Trippier took centre stage.

Before this summer, free kicks from 25-yards out were very much Christian Eriksen's territory but as Trippier lined up this effort, memories of Moscow came flooding back and he did not disappoint, curling a stunning effort over the wall and in.

Just two minutes later the game was over and so, finally, was Harry Kane's goalless August run. Erik Lamela, just on as a substitute drove through the Fulham midfield and fed Kane, who sold Chambers a clever dummy and rolled into the far corner.

In the fifteenth game, the curse was broken.