Harry Kane became the outright second-highest goalscorer in Premier League history as Tottenham ended a four-game winless run with a much-needed victory over Crystal Palace.
Kane, 29, expertly headed in Pedro Porro’s cross in first-half added time to reach 209 goals in the competition and surpass former Manchester United and Everton striker Wayne Rooney.
It proved enough to settle the contest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and move Spurs above Brighton into sixth place – although they have now played three games more than the Seagulls, who face Everton on Monday.
The hosts had gone closest to a breakthrough before Kane’s opener when Cristian Romero’s near-post header cannoned off the crossbar, while at the opposite end Clement Lenglet produced a superb tackle to halt Jeffrey Schlupp’s progress towards goal.
Sam Johnstone kept Palace in contention with a close-range save to deny Son Heung-min following an excellent pass by Romero inside the final quarter of an hour.
But, with Kane in position to clear a loose ball from his own six-yard box, Roy Hodgson suffered just his second loss in seven games since returning to management, leaving his side 12th.
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Tottenham Hotspur
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Squad number15Player nameDier -
Squad number16Player nameDanjuma -
Squad number21Player nameKulusevski
Crystal Palace
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Squad number21Player nameJohnstone
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Squad number2Player nameWard
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Squad number16Player nameAndersen
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Squad number6Player nameGuéhi
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Squad number3Player nameMitchell
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Squad number10Player nameEze
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Squad number28Player nameDoucouré
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Squad number15Player nameSchlupp
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Squad number7Player nameOlise
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Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
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Squad number11Player nameZaha
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Squad number19Player nameHughes
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Squad number22Player nameÉdouard
Line-ups
Tottenham
Formation 4-4-2
- 20ForsterBooked at 90mins
- 12Emerson Royal
- 17Romero
- 34LengletBooked at 86minsSubstituted forDierat 88′minutes
- 33DaviesBooked at 83mins
- 23Porro
- 4Skipp
- 5Højbjerg
- 7Son Heung-minSubstituted forDanjumaat 89′minutes
- 9RicharlisonSubstituted forKulusevskiat 79′minutes
- 10Kane
Substitutes
- 6D Sánchez
- 14Perisic
- 15Dier
- 16Danjuma
- 21Kulusevski
- 27Lucas Moura
- 29Sarr
- 38Bissouma
- 40Austin
Crystal Palace
Formation 4-3-3
- 21Johnstone
- 2WardBooked at 69mins
- 16AndersenBooked at 90mins
- 6Guéhi
- 3Mitchell
- 10Eze
- 28Doucouré
- 15SchluppBooked at 56minsSubstituted forHughesat 74′minutes
- 7Olise
- 9J AyewBooked at 73minsSubstituted forÉdouardat 84′minutes
- 11ZahaBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 4Milivojevic
- 8Sambi Lokonga
- 13Guaita
- 14Mateta
- 17Clyne
- 19Hughes
- 22Édouard
- 26Richards
- 44Riedewald
- Referee:
- Darren England
- Attendance:
- 61,093
Live Text
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Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Crystal Palace 0.
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Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Crystal Palace 0.
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Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Odsonne Édouard (Crystal Palace).
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Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace).
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Fraser Forster (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
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Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
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Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
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Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Cristian Romero.
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Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Arnaut Danjuma replaces Son Heung-Min.
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Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Eric Dier replaces Clément Lenglet because of an injury.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Clément Lenglet (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Clément Lenglet (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Clément Lenglet (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Clément Lenglet (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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