And with that, I’m off. Here’s a match report. Bye!

And Eric Dier also speaks:

The first half was tough. It was a bit frantic at the beginning and we struggled to get hold of the game. But we knew it was going to be difficult. We had to match their aggression and then our quality would come through, and I think that’s what happened. I think last year was a real eye-opener for us and I think we’re showing that we’ve learned from that. Tonight was massive for us. We needed to win here, and we’ve done that.

Looking back at the goals, Waterman made the first as easy as possible by running out of goal and just standing up, making himself as small as possible, and Carlão assisted the third by failing to even compete for a cross that landed about a foot from his right shoulder.

Kane has 34 goals from 30 games for Tottenham in 2017. Remarkable.

Harry Kane speaks:

It was a very proud night for myself. I try and score every game and obviously it’s a bonus when I get three. It was a hard night. We weren’t really pleased with how we played the first half. Even the second half, we came out, maybe weren’t as aggressive as we wanted to be but we were more clinical in the vital moments, and that’s what you’ve got to be in the Champions League. Of course we’re missing a few players but the lads that stepped in today were fantastic. We’ve got a great squad and you’ve got to be ready. 3-0 away in the Champions League, no matter who you’re playing is a fantastic result.

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And in other English-team news, Manchester City have beaten Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0, and Liverpool have been held to another ridiculous draw-despite-having-loads-of-chances, 1-1 at Spartak Moscow.

So Madrid and Spurs both have maximum points and are taking control of the group, albeit with but two games played.

Elsewhere in Group H, it’s finished Borussia Dortmund 1-3 Real Madrid, with a lovely goal from Gareth Bale and a couple for Cristiano Ronaldo.

90+4 mins: The final whistle blows, and Kane prowls back onto the pitch in search of his match ball.

90+3 mins: This level of goalscoring is just ridiculous.

90+1 mins: We’re into stoppage time, of which there will be about three minutes.

88 mins: Makris runs down the right and tries to pick out Alexandrou, all alone on the left of the area, but it’s a disastrously bad pass and the chance is gone.

86 mins: From the free kick, Rueda shoots harmlessly over.

85 mins: Winks gets himself booked. for catching Farias’s heel.

83 mins: More substitutions. Nektarios Alexandrou comes on for Nuno Morais, and Tottenham give Anthony Georgiou his debut, in place of Sissoko.

82 mins: The game has now ended its sleepy final phase. Nkoudou jinks into the penalty area but shoots into the nearest defender.

79 mins: Apoel patiently work a fine shooting chance for Ghayas Zahid, a couple of yards inside the area, but Sánchez closes him down and deflects the effort wide. Llorente heads the corner clear.

75 mins: Agustin Farias has replaced Stathis Aloneftis, a man who looks about twice his 34 years.

74 mins: Kane has earned a breather and will now get one, as Spurs bring on Nkoudou in his place.

73 mins: Dier brings the ball to the right-hand corner of the area and spots Kane all alone on the left, but his chipped pass isn’t great, Kane is forced too wide, and Waterman falls on his low cross.

70 mins: Kane’s hat-trick tonight is sheer striking perfection. Of course it is the classic perfect hat-trick – one with the left foot, one with the right foot and one with the head – but it has also been a nigh-on unimprovable display of attacking efficiency. Every finish executed with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of class.

69 mins: Now Son has a shot, which looked nasty but was deflected wide.

Another hat-trick for Kane! Kane plays the ball wide to Trippier and then runs untracked into the area to meet the cross with a fine downward header!

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64 mins: Sissoko is played down the right again, an almost identical position to the one which led to the second goal, but this time he takes a shot himself, which is easily saved.

63 mins: Antreas Makris has replaced Sallai for Apoel.

That is tough on Apoel, who have been excellent this half. But it is also excellent strikership by Kane. Sissoko pulls back to the Englishman, central and just outside the area, and he takes one touch to control before sidefooting unstoppably inside the post.

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61 mins: Apoel cross from the left, but De Camargo glances a header well wide. They collect it again and cross from the right, and this time the ball clears the same player.

60 mins: Another glimpse of goal for Apoel, and again they’re not shy to have a shot! This shot, though, is skewed well wide by Sallai.

57 mins: Tottenham are bringing off Aurier, and bringing on Llorente.

56 mins: Save! A long, low ball plays in Aloneftis, who surges into the area and slams in a shot that Lloris tips over!

55 mins: “This is a dangerous 45 for Spurs,” insists Jeremy Dresner, as Apoel raid down the left again, without reward. “Apoel will have fancied that this game is where they can most likely to get points in this group. They will have their proverbial periscope up this half.”

53 mins: This is much brighter stuff. Aloneftis crosses from the left, and it’s headed wide by De Camargo at the back stick.

51 mins: Vinicius fouls Winks in midfield, and is booked.

48 mins: Moments later Sallai is played in, and Sánchez wrestles him to the floor rather than let him get away. Happily for Spurs, the linesman’s flag is waving.

48 mins: And a chance for the home side! A long ball from the left finds De Camargo, who nods down to Sallai, who volleys at Lloris from the edge of the area.

46 mins: They’re off! And Son shoots just wide within 30 seconds! He runs outside Kane, who lays the ball into his path, and he shoots across goal with his left foot from an acute angle!

The players are back out. There don’t appear to have been any halftimely substitutions.

Spurs are lucky to be leading, but in six minutes between the goal and the interval they had a couple of promising attacks, suggesting that they could a) enjoy a bit more space in the second period, and b) have some fun with it.

45+1 mins: Just the six seconds of stoppage time, and Spurs take a lead into the break.

45 mins: Son carries the ball into the Apoel half, and spots Trippier in all sorts of space on the left, but his pass is slow and Vouros comes across in time to cut it out.