Spurs 1-0 Crystal Palace

The report...

Harry Kane struck the only goal of the game to give us a narrow win over Crystal Palace and continue to rewrite the goalscoring record books in the process.

The forward headed home his 209th Premier League goal in first-half stoppage time at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday afternoon, moving him ahead of Wayne Rooney and into second place outright on the competition's all-time goalscoring chart. This was also his 100th home goal in the Premier League, making him the first player ever to score a century of goals at home and away in the division and he also became the first player to score 10 headers in a single season!

There was a good tempo early on with both sides looking to play on the front foot and the first big chance came on 17 minutes when Cristian Romero glanced Pedro Porro’s corner onto the crossbar before Kane slipped in Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg but he blazed over from 15 yards. At the other end, Michael Olise’s snap-shot tested Fraser Forster in the 28th minute and Joachim Andersen prodded over at the back post nine minutes later.

The opening goal came just as the game entered first-half stoppage time. Ben Davies played a ball in to Kane in the centre-forward position 20 yards from goal, he swivelled and pinged it wide right to Porro who took a touch and delivered the perfect cross for Kane to head past Sam Johnstone at the back post.

Palace had a couple of opportunities early in the second period but Eberechi Eze dragged wide and Forster saved low down from Cheick Doucoure’s angled drive, while Johnstone made a smart save to tip over Porro’s deflected effort as the game continued to flow from end to end. The Palace keeper did even better in the 76th minute when Heung-Min Son latched onto Romero’s superb ball and tried to round Johnstone but he blocked Son’s shot when he looked like he was about to tap into an empty net.

We needed Kane’s defensive qualities to protect our lead six minutes from time when Andersen rolled the ball across the six-yard box but our captain was there to clear the danger. The game became a bit tetchy in the closing stages and the flow of the match was broken up, but that probably suited us as we held out for the final moments to record our first win in five.