A first-half brace by Brennan Johnson at his father's old stomping ground inspired Tottenham to a 4-1 victory at Ipswich.
David Johnson had been prolific at Portman Road across a four-year spell and his son Brennan followed in his footsteps with two quickfire goals at Portman Road to set Spurs on course for a third straight Premier League win.
Omari Hutchinson pulled one back for Kieran McKenna's side before half-time and relegation-threatened Ipswich did have other chances, but Tottenham made the points safe with late strikes by Djed Spence and Dejan Kulusevski.
It continued Spurs' mini-revival, Ange Postecoglou's team winning three league fixtures on the bounce for the first time since December 2023 as they aim to put a difficult winter period behind them.
Republic of Ireland defender Dara O'Shea was among the starters for Ipswich, while Boys in Green international Jack Taylor was a second-half sub. Sammie Szmodics, who has endured recently injury struggles, remained on the bench.
Bournemouth missed the chance to move into the top four after they failed to recover from the first-half sending-off of Illia Zabarnyi to go down 1-0 against Wolves at the Vitality Stadium.
The defender was dismissed in the 31st minute for leaving his studs on the shin of Rayan Ait-Nouri and within minutes Vitor Pereira's side had made their advantage count as Matheus Cunha netted his 13th league goal of the season to send Wolves five points clear of the relegation zone.
For Andoni Iraola and Bournemouth it was an opportunity not taken, as with fourth-place Manchester City not playing until Sunday they lost for only the second time in 14 league games and spurned their shot at climbing into the top four.
Indeed they failed to summon a second-half shot
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