Harry Kane turned Tottenham’s all-time document scorer as his 267th objective for the membership sealed a 1-0 win in opposition to Manchester City that severely broken the champions’ bid to retain the Premier League title.
Kane’s historic first-half strike on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium took him previous Jimmy Greaves into sole possession of the hallowed document.
Greaves had held the milestone since 1970 earlier than Kane moved degree with him in his earlier look in opposition to Fulham on January 23.
Kane’s landmark second additionally made him solely the third participant to attain 200 Premier League objectives after Alan Shearer (260) and Wayne Rooney (208).
It has been an unforgettable interval for Kane, who drew degree with Rooney as England’s joint document scorer on 53 objectives when he netted in opposition to France on the World Cup in December.
Passing Greaves had turn out to be more and more inevitable for the prolific Kane, though satirically City may have ended his document chase if that they had been profitable of their try and signal him in 2021.
However, Kane’s exceptional objective feats appeared a distant dream throughout a troublesome begin to his profession that featured a number of failed mortgage spells earlier than he lastly emerged as a star.
Greaves, who died aged 81 in 2021, is considered one of the pure goalscorers in soccer historical past.
A member of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning squad, who netted 44 occasions for his nation, Greaves is the very best scorer in English top-flight historical past with 357 objectives.
For Kane to be alongside such a legendary participant is a tribute to his predatory instincts and his perseverance.
The 29-year-old’s first Tottenham objective got here again in 2011 in opposition to Shamrock Rovers within the Europa League.
If that was a low-key solution to begin an unbelievable profession, his document strike carried way more significance.
Arsenal’s shock 1-0 defeat at struggling Everton on Saturday had given City renewed hope they might overhaul the leaders.
But as an alternative Kane’s nineteenth objective in all competitions this season leaves second-placed City trailing 5 factors behind Arsenal, who’ve a sport in hand and host Pep Guardiola’s males in an important conflict on February 15.
Without boss Antonio Conte after emergency surgical procedure to take away his gallbladder, Tottenham have been led by his assistant Cristian Stellini and this consequence certainly lifted the recuperating Italian’s spirits.
Tottenham’s win moved them inside one level of fourth-placed Newcastle as they chase Champions League qualification.
– Kane makes historical past –
It took Kane simply quarter-hour to make historical past as Rodri‘s careless go on the sting of the City space allowed Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to rob Manuel Akanji.
Hojbjerg slipped his go to Kane and, with immortality in his sights, the striker guided a barely scuffed low shot previous Ederson with typical effectivity.
Sprinting away to take in the acclaim, Kane waved in direction of his household, who have been sitting under a scoreboard emblazoned with the message “Congratulations Harry” alongside footage of him celebrating earlier objectives for the membership.
The England captain was serenaded by Tottenham followers chanting “Harry Kane, he’s one of our own” because the product of the membership’s youth academy walked again to the centre circle beaming a broad grin.
City’s response was laboured and Guardiola grew tetchy on the touchline, ranting in frustration after the subdued Erling Haaland opted to go as an alternative of shoot.
Riyad Mahrez was inches away from easing Guardiola’s angst when he crashed a fierce volley in opposition to the crossbar.
City got here from two objectives down at half-time to beat Tottenham 4-2 on the Etihad Stadium in January.
But with City exhibiting no indicators of emulating that fightback, Guardiola despatched on Kevin De Bruyne, having surprisingly left the Belgium midfielder on the bench for “tactical” causes.
De Bruyne’s presence lifted City and Julian Alvarez‘s deflected shot looped over earlier than Akanji appealed in useless for a penalty when his shot hit Cristian Romero’s arm.
In a tense finale, Tottenham needed to play final three minutes with 10 males after Romero was dismissed for a second reserving as he chopped down Jack Grealish.
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