Manchester Metropolis’s bid to cut Arsenal’s Premier League result in two factors was scuppered as Harry Kane’s record-breaking objective earned Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 win over the champions on Sunday.
Kane’s Fifteenth-minute effort punished some sloppy Metropolis passing and made him the north London membership’s all-time high goalscorer with 267, taking him previous former nice Jimmy Greaves whose document had stood since 1970.
It was a strike even followers of Tottenham’s arch-rivals Arsenal would have celebrated down the Seven Sisters Highway because it helped Mikel Arteta’s facet keep 5 factors away from champions Metropolis regardless of Saturday’s shock loss at Everton.
Tottenham had led by two objectives at halftime at Metropolis a number of weeks in the past solely to capitulate and lose 4-2 however this time they held agency regardless of a late crimson card for Cristian Romero to spice up their very own hopes of ending within the high 4.
With Erling Haaland subdued the closest Metropolis got here to scoring was a Riyad Mahrez effort that smashed in opposition to the underside of the crossbar in first-half stoppage time.
Tottenham then withstood a late Metropolis siege with some tenacious defending to clinch a 3rd win in 4 league video games over Pep Guardiola’s facet.
Metropolis stay in second place with 45 factors from 21 video games with Arsenal on 50 having performed a sport much less with the 2 sides assembly in north London on Feb. 15.
Tottenham, whose supervisor Antonio Conte was absent after having surgical procedure to take away his gallbladder, are fifth on 39 factors from 22 video games, one behind Newcastle United.
Kane’s second arrived when Metropolis made a multitude of attempting to play out from the again and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg stole the ball off Rico Lewis on the sting of the realm earlier than holding off a problem and flicking the ball to Kane.
The England striker’s right-foot shot was not his sweetest connection nevertheless it discovered its method into the nook previous Ederson as Kane grew to become solely the third participant to attain 200 Premier League objectives.
After the ultimate whistle Kane was interviewed on the pitch as followers serenaded him with “Harry you are one in every of personal..” — a reference to the very fact he joined the membership as an 11-year-old.
“It is fairly surreal, a magical feeling to do it in entrance of the house followers and to win the sport, I wished to do it at this particular place and in entrance of those superb followers.”
Metropolis despatched on Kevin De Bruyne for Mahrez on the hour and the Belgian fired a shot broad whereas Julian Alvarez had a ferocious effort deflected over the crossbar.
Romero was proven a second yellow card for a foul on Jack Grealish however Metropolis might discover no method by way of as they missed an enormous alternative to place strain on Arsenal and so they discover themselves solely three factors above in-form Manchester United.
“Eventually it’s going to change, however it’s unusual we have not scored one objective,” Guardiola mentioned of Metropolis’s troubles with Tottenham. “To search out a proof just isn’t simple.
“We aren’t within the place to consider being champions, simply the following sport, Aston Villa, we’ll put together effectively and play our sport as greatest as doable.”