 Llorente scored his first goal for Spurs on 6 December 2017, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 Champions League win over APOEL after his team had already progressed to the knockout stage as group winners.He made his first league start the following January, scoring in a 2–0 away win against his former club Swansea.Llorente scored a hat-trick in Spurs' 6–1 victory over Rochdale in the fifth round of the FA Cup, on 28 February 2018.