Harry Kane broke Tottenham’s all-time scoring report with a aim — his 267th for the membership — that may have been celebrated nearly as jubilantly by the opposite group in north London.
The England captain’s milestone strike earned Tottenham a 1-0 win Sunday over Manchester Metropolis, which was searching for a victory to trim the hole to Premier League chief Arsenal to 2 factors.
In the long run, Arsenal wasn’t punished for dropping 1-0 at Everton on Saturday — and possibly that’s no shock. In spite of everything, Metropolis now hasn’t gained, and even scored, in 5 video games at Tottenham’s new stadium in both the Premier League or the Champions League.
In esteemed firm, @HKane 👏#PL | @SpursOfficial pic.twitter.com/0tmsbgDAtg
— Premier League (@premierleague) February 5, 2023
Even the absence of Tottenham supervisor Antonio Conte, recovering in his native Italy after having his gallbladder eliminated this week, couldn’t change the narrative round this explicit fixture.
Kane swept residence the winner within the fifteenth minute after Pierre-Emile Højbjerg intercepted a go out from the again by Metropolis midfielder Rodri and arrange the striker to attain his 2 hundredth Premier League aim. Solely two different gamers — Alan Shearer (260) and Wayne Rooney (208) — have reached that determine.
Kane broke the tie for all-time Tottenham objectives he had with the late Jimmy Greaves, who performed for the membership from 1961-70.
Metropolis was the architect of its personal downfall for the aim, simply because it was when conceding two sloppy first-half objectives in opposition to Tottenham final month earlier than rallying for a 4-2 win at Etihad Stadium.
Harry Kane’s 2 hundredth #PL aim strikes Spurs inside one level of the top-four 💪#TOTMCI pic.twitter.com/J6WCyeV9xM
— Premier League (@premierleague) February 5, 2023
This time, there was no comeback regardless of a second-half resurgence sparked by the introduction of Kevin De Bruyne, who was benched for the second straight recreation in opposition to Tottenham, and the 87th-minute sending-off of Cristian Romero for a second yellow card.
Metropolis misplaced for the fourth time this season within the league and stayed 5 factors behind Arsenal, which has a recreation in hand because it bids for a primary top-flight title since 2004.
Fifth-place Tottenham moved a degree behind fourth-place Newcastle within the race for Champions League qualification.
NAVAS DEBUT
Keylor Navas swapped a contender for the Champions League for a relegation candidate within the Premier League. He instantly checked out residence.
The Costa Rica goalkeeper made a string of nice saves on his debut for Forest in its 1-0 win over Leeds that moved the group six factors away from the relegation zone.
“Excellent and composed,” Forest supervisor Steve Cooper stated of the three-time Champions League winner with Actual Madrid, who moved from Paris Saint-Germain this week. “The plain speaking factors are the saves, and rightly so, he deserves all of the credit score for that, however I liked his composure and recreation administration and decision-making.”
5 matches unbeaten for @NFFC 💫#NFOLEE pic.twitter.com/C2nfO4geTu
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Brennan Johnson scored the 14th-minute winner for Forest, which has gained three of its final 4 league video games and is as much as thirteenth.
Leeds is in seventeenth place within the 20-team league and solely out of the relegation positions on aim distinction.
AMERICAN INFLUENCE
U.S. midfielder Weston McKennie got here on for his debut for Leeds as a second-half substitute and performed alongside worldwide teammate Tyler Adams.
With Brenden Aaronson additionally within the squad, Leeds grew to become the primary group to have three U.S. internationals play in the identical season within the Premier League since 2012-13, when Stoke had Geoff Cameron, Brek Shea and Maurice Edu.
Leeds supervisor Jesse Marsch is one other American on the membership and is aware of he’s underneath strain forward of a match at Manchester United on Wednesday, which is Leeds’ recreation in hand.
“I’ve to discover a method of turning good performances extra into successful as a result of that’s precisely the place we’re and have been for a short time,” Marsch stated.
“I perceive the frustration and doubts. Internally, now we have perception right here. We do.”