Burnley 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Harry Kane captained Tottenham at the age of 21 years and 251 days

Harry Kane captained Tottenham for the first time but was unable to continue his prolific scoring run in a disappointing draw at Burnley.

Kane replaced injured goalkeeper Hugo Lloris as Spurs skipper as he looked for his 30th goal of the season to help keep alive his side's top-four hopes.

But Burnley nullified his threat and went closest to winning when Danny Ings shot straight at Michel Vorm early on.

The Clarets remain in the bottom three, two points adrift of safety.

Liverpool's 4-1 defeat by Arsenal the day before had given Tottenham the opportunity to move above them into fifth place and put some pressure on Manchester City before the defending champions' trip to Crystal Palace on Monday (kick-off 20:00 BST).

At the other end of the table, the incentive to try to secure all three points was just as great for Burnley as they kicked off knowing victory would take them out of the relegation places.

But neither side was able to produce the quality needed to make the difference in a surprisingly low-key game.

Harry Kane and Danny Ings are England under-21 team-mates

That did not promise to be the case when Ings was presented with an excellent opportunity after just five minutes.

George Boyd's tackle on Ryan Mason released Burnley's top scorer but as he burst into the box he could not beat Vorm.

The former Swansea keeper made his first Premier League start in place of Lloris, who was ruled out with a gashed knee he sustained in Tottenham's win over Leicester last month.

Vorm also needed to tip over another effort from Ings just before the break as the Clarets striker looked to move to double figures for the season.

But that apart, neither goalkeeper was forced to make a meaningful save with Kane, who had scored 11 goals in his last 11 club games and also netted on his England debut against Lithuania on 27 March, often looking isolated and failing to register a serious shot on target.

Tottenham's previous games this season had featured a total of 95 goals but the lack of one for Mauricio Pochettino's side further dented their slim prospects of qualifying for the Champions League as they played out their first goalless draw away from home in the Premier League since November 2013.

Burnley, who had one further late chance to secure a second win in 10 league games when Boyd nodded wide from a Lukas Jutkiewicz pass in injury time, have been short of goals with just one in their last five games.

But Sean Dyche's side did keep a second successive clean sheet at Turf Moor, having beaten Manchester City 1-0 in their previous home game, and they climbed back above QPR and within two points of Aston Villa in 17th place.

Burnley manager Sean Dyche told BBC Sport:

"It was a strange game and that sometimes happens when the sun shines out of nowhere - especially up here.

"Every point is vital and it's a clean sheet against a good side. Sometimes you've got to be realistic and accept that.

"We're not disappointed. We went for the win and created chances that could have won the game.

"I felt we probably edged it and if there was going to be a winner it would probably be us.

"We kept them very quiet and that's two clean sheets out of three so there's life there.

"We have a very motivated group of players who want to stay in the Premier League and that was evident again today."

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino told BBC Sport:

"If you want to play in big things you need to win games. But Burnley are a very tough team and made it difficult.

"We had to fight and created some chances but not enough to win the game.

"It's true that we maybe lacked patience to create some more chances but that can happen sometimes.

"You always need to win at a club like Tottenham. We know it will be difficult (to reach the top four) but we will try."

Danny Ings had not scored in his previous five games for Burnley

Nacer Chadli scored at Turf Moor in a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup third round in January

Harry Kane has scored 19 goals in the Premier League this season

Michel Vorm started his first Premier League game in place of the injured Hugo Lloris

Sean Dyche has been Burnley manager since October 2012