Spurs boosted their hopes of a top-eight finish, while putting a dent in Slavia's own hopes of making it through to the play-offs.

It was almost a dream start for Spurs after Wilson Odobert's weaving run resulted in a drilled cross from the left. Richarlison met it first time, but Jindrich Stanek superbly stuck out an arm to deflect it away from goal.

Stanek continued to stand strong, smothering a Kudus strike before denying a Richarlison from long range, while Mojmir Sadilek headed a golden opportunity over at the other end.

But it was David Zima's own goal that broke the deadlock as Cristian Romero's flick-on from a corner struck him and flew past Stanek 26 minutes in.

Five minutes into the second half, Tottenham doubled its lead. A sliding Youssoupha Sanyang blocked a Pedro Porro cross with his arm, and Kudus emphatically put away the resulting penalty.

Mathys Tel could have added a third just seconds after coming on. After racing down the left, he cut inside and drilled a low, angled shot across goal, but Stanek was equal to it.

But Simons did get on the scoresheet. Having won the penalty after being brought down by Igoh Ogbu, the Dutchman snuck his low shot past Stanek into the bottom-right corner.