Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 West Ham United

Harry Kane has scored 12 times in his last 11 top-flight appearances

• Spurs have earned 16 points from losing positions

• Kane scores his 24th goal of the season

• Tottenham move within three points of top four

• Kouyate nets West Ham's 15th headed goal this term

Harry Kane won a penalty and scored with the last kick of the game to earn Tottenham a draw against West Ham.

Kane's 96th-minute penalty was saved but he reacted quickest to give Spurs an unlikely point at White Hart Lane.

West Ham had led 2-0 through goals from Diafra Sakho and Cheikhou Kouyate with just nine minutes left to play.

Danny Rose's mis-hit long-range shot set up the comeback before Kane, who was felled by Alex Song, pounced to score his 24th goal of the season.

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino made six changes to the side that drew 1-1 with Fiorentina in the last 32 of the Europa League in midweek, as he prepared for the second match of a demanding schedule of six games in 17 days that includes Thursday's return leg in Florence and next Sunday's League Cup final against Chelsea.

With Spurs also chasing Champions League qualification via a top-four finish in the Premier League, Pochettino recalled top-scorer Kane for this London derby but opted to rest his other star performer this season, Christian Eriksen.

Spurs started in typically quick fashion as Nabil Bentaleb twice tested West Ham goalkeeper Adrian with long-range efforts before Kane struck the post in an opening 10-minute spell in which Spurs enjoyed 82% possession.

However, it was the robust-tackling Hammers who took the lead on 22 minutes when Mousa Dembele lost possession on the edge of his own box and midfielder Kouyate rose between two defenders to powerfully head home Aaron Cresswell's cross.

That proved to be Dembele's key contribution to the match as he was replaced at half-time by Eriksen, who had started Tottenham's last 34 Premier League games and notched 11 goals and four assists in all competitions this season.

Defender Danny Rose got Spurs back in the game late on with his second goal of the season

But it was West Ham who continued to create the better chances and after Sakho had squandered a one-on-one with Hugo Lloris, the Senegal striker made no mistake at the back post on 62 minutes, squeezing in Mark Noble's cross for his 11th goal of the season.

West Ham looked set for a first victory in four Premier League games to ease the pressure on manager Sam Allardyce, whose future had been the subject of speculation following a humiliating 4-0 FA Cup loss to West Brom in midweek.

However, Spurs had other ideas and after Rose had halved the deficit with his fortuitous strike, Kane once again stepped forward as Spurs' saviour this season.

The striker went down in the box under the slightest pressure from Song and after seeing his penalty saved by Adrian kept his composure to slot home the rebound for the Premier League's sixth-placed side.

Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino:

"I think we deserved more than point. We had 21 or 22 shots. We created many chances. We had possession of ball.

"But after they scored they created chances on counter-attack, they have very fast players up front. But in general, if we analyse, we are better than them.

"In the second half I thought some decisions were against us - the second goal was offside. But we need to finish better and score more goals.

"I think we showed character - that's the most important thing. Going into the last 10 minutes at 2-0 down, to finish the game 2-2 is something to be proud of."

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce:

"I thought we were going to see the game through nicely but we made a huge mistake at the end. Whether it's a soft penalty or it isn't, it is something we shouldn't have done.

"It's a real disappointment but it was a magnificent performance. The reason we lost the game was a bit of luck for them. We should have done enough at 2-0 up to see it out. That's been our Achilles heel since the turn of the year. We were in front against West Brom and drew 1-1, we were in front against Manchester United and drew 1-1, and we were in front at Swansea and drew 1-1.

"I'm not blaming Harry Kane for going down in the box - we should do more of that. We're an honest team and we've only got one penalty this season. We're not getting rewards for our honesty."

Cheikhou Kouyate has scored three goals this season

Senegal striker Diafra Sakho has 11 goals for the season

Mark Noble was lucky to escape a second yellow card after a tussle with Jan Vertonghen

Harry Kane's winner is the second latest Premier League goal this season