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Harry Kane became the outright second-highest goalscorer successful Premier League past arsenic Tottenham ended a four-game winless tally with a much-needed triumph implicit Crystal Palace.
Kane, 29, expertly headed successful Pedro Porro's transverse successful first-half added clip to scope 209 goals successful the contention and surpass erstwhile Manchester United and Everton striker Wayne Rooney.
It proved capable to settee the contention astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and determination Spurs supra Brighton into sixth spot - though they person present played 3 games much than the Seagulls, who look Everton connected Monday.
The hosts had gone closest to a breakthrough earlier Kane's opener erstwhile Cristian Romero's near-post header cannoned disconnected the crossbar, portion astatine the other extremity Clement Lenglet produced a superb tackle to halt Jeffrey Schlupp's advancement towards goal.
Sam Johnstone kept Palace successful contention with a close-range prevention to contradict Son Heung-min pursuing an fantabulous walk by Romero wrong the last 4th of an hour.
But, with Kane successful presumption to wide a escaped shot from his ain six-yard box, Roy Hodgson suffered conscionable his 2nd nonaccomplishment successful 7 games since returning to management, leaving his broadside 12th.
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Tottenham Hotspur
Squad number20Player nameForster
Squad number12Player nameEmerson Royal
Squad number17Player nameRomero
Squad number34Player nameLenglet
Squad number33Player nameDavies
Squad number23Player namePorro
Squad number4Player nameSkipp
Squad number5Player nameHøjbjerg
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-min
Squad number9Player nameRicharlison
Squad number10Player nameKane
Squad number15Player nameDier
Squad number16Player nameDanjuma
Squad number21Player nameKulusevski
Crystal Palace
Squad number21Player nameJohnstone
Squad number2Player nameWard
Squad number16Player nameAndersen
Squad number6Player nameGuéhi
Squad number3Player nameMitchell
Squad number10Player nameEze
Squad number28Player nameDoucouré
Squad number15Player nameSchlupp
Squad number7Player nameOlise
Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew
Squad number11Player nameZaha
Squad number19Player nameHughes
Squad number22Player nameÉdouard
Line-ups
Tottenham
Formation 4-4-2
- 20ForsterBooked astatine 90mins
- 12Emerson Royal
- 17Romero
- 34LengletBooked astatine 86minsSubstituted forDierat 88'minutes
- 33DaviesBooked astatine 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 astatine 69mins
- 16AndersenBooked astatine 90mins
- 6Guéhi
- 3Mitchell
- 10Eze
- 28Doucouré
- 15SchluppBooked astatine 56minsSubstituted forHughesat 74'minutes
- 7Olise
- 9J AyewBooked astatine 73minsSubstituted forÉdouardat 84'minutes
- 11ZahaBooked astatine 90mins
Substitutes
- 4Milivojevic
- 8Sambi Lokonga
- 13Guaita
- 14Mateta
- 17Clyne
- 19Hughes
- 22Édouard
- 26Richards
- 44Riedewald
Referee:Darren England
Attendance:61,093
Live Text
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Crystal Palace 0.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Crystal Palace 0.
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Odsonne Édouard (Crystal Palace).
Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace).
Fraser Forster (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellowish card.
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellowish card.
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Cristian Romero.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Arnaut Danjuma replaces Son Heung-Min.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Eric Dier replaces Clément Lenglet due to the fact that of an injury.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Clément Lenglet (Tottenham Hotspur).
Clément Lenglet (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Clément Lenglet (Tottenham Hotspur).
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Clément Lenglet (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
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