Tottenham Hotspur came from behind to claim their first home win for almost two months against Everton.

Kevin Mirallas opened the scoring for Everton with a delightful curling effort before Christian Eriksen levelled things up with an impressive chip.

Roberto Soldado scored his first Premier League goal since March to put Spurs 2-1 up right on half time.

Despite late pressure from the away side, Spurs held firm to secure their first home win since October 5.

The visitors looked the more dangerous early on and a jinking run from Ross Barkley almost resulted in a goal.

Following the young Englishman’s run, the ball eventually found its way to Romelu Lukaku who was in an offside position, could only scuff his shot into the arms of Hugo Lloris from ten yards out.

Everton continued to target right back Vlad Chiriches and it was from that side where they found their opener.

Following a foolish foul from Chiriches on Mirallas, the Belgian picked up the ball from the poorly cleared free-kick to unleash a curling shot from the corner of the box which nestled into the top corner.

Chiriches continued to struggle in the opening 20 minutes and a poor back pass nearly gave Lukaku the chance to double the lead however he was beaten to the ball by a rushing Lloris.

Yet Spurs managed to find an equaliser through the ever-reliant Eriksen.

A driving run from Harry Kane forced a save from Tim Howard which fell into the path of Eriksen to exquisitely dinked into the far corner.

The home side came into the game and grew in confidence going forward. A shot on the edge of the box from goalscorer Eriksen looked destined for the net but flashed agonisingly past the post.

The turnaround was complete right on half time, a driving run from Aaron Lennon after the ball was won back from Kane superbly, found Soldado who finished expertly to send the Spurs faithful wild.

The relief around the ground was evident and from the tannoy announcement of Soldado’s name. It’s always been a feeling of ‘not quite’ for the Spaniard since his big money move last summer.

It was his first goal for 593 minutes and his first in the league since March.

Spurs continued to look expansive in the second half as first Soldado and then Kane went close.

Link up play between Soldado and Eriksen presented a chance for Ryan Mason from 25 yards out but it whistled past the frame of the goal.

Despite the number of soft goals conceded by Spurs at home this season, their back line looked far more adept this afternoon with Vertonghen taking command at the heart of the defence.

Spurs were everything they had not been in previous home defeats to Stoke, West Brom and Newcastle, and their endeavours were typified by the work rate of Kane who was outstanding.

Roberto Martinez’s sidfe found openings few and far between in the second half trying to unpick the lock of the Spurs defence.

Seamus Coleman almost found a way past Lloris but the captain for the day got down well to the feet of the fullback.

But Spurs were not to be denied and the joy around the ground poured out at full time and the fist pumping from Pochettino told everyone how much it meant to him.

Spurs: Lloris; Chiriches (Dier 70’) , Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies; Lennon (Lamela 61’), Bentaleb, Mason, Eriksen; Kane, Soldado (Paulinho 81’).

Unused subs: Chadli, Kaboul, Vorm, Dembele

Everton: Howard, Baines, Jagielka, Distin, Coleman, Barry, Besic, Eto'o (Osman 61’), Barkley, Mirallas (McGeady 61’), Lukaku.

Unused subs: Robles, Hibbert, Atsu, Pienaar, Garbutt.