Harry Kane continues to be an unbalanced factor for a Tottenham team that, after beating promoted Nottingham with a brace from their captain (0-2), remains third and unbeaten in the Premier League, two points behind leaders Arsenal.
Kane, who also missed a penalty, scored for the third consecutive match day and his 4 goals have already given Tottenham 7 of their 10 points. In addition, with today’s two, he has added 186 and overtakes Andy Cole as the third highest historical scorer in the English championship. He is just ahead of Alan Shearer (260) and Wayne Rooney (208).
Kane scored early after Kulusevski’s assist
Kane needed just six minutes to open the scoring with a counterattack. The Tottenham captain received a pass from Dejan Kulusevski and, despite not connecting the ball properly, his shot from the edge of the box just hit the post.
Tottenham, well retracted, did not have the ball but caused panic in their transitions and Son had it 0-2 after a quarter of an hour with a thread that came very close to the top corner.
Nottingham was growing and with it came danger
As the minutes went by, Nottingham’s dominance intensified and their arrival was more dangerous due to the forays into their lanes by Neco Wiliams and Harry Toffolo. His best chances were a whiplash by Lewis O’Brien that was denied by Hugo Loris and another by Morgan Gibbs-White (20′) that skimmed the crossbar (42′).
The second part goes back and forth. Ryan Yates made it 1-0, alone in the area, with a Gibbs-White header after a cross went just wide (51′).
The answer came from Kane with a shot that rose slightly and seconds later the English striker wasted a VAR-awarded penalty by stopping Steve Cook with his hand which could have headed for a cross from Ivan Perisic.
Henderson for his second penalty of the season
Dean Henderson predicted Kane’s intention and it was the second penalty saved by the goalkeeper on loan from Manchester United this season after he stopped Declan Rice on the second day in Nottingham’s 1-0 win over West Ham.
With Henderson on, Nottingham equalized the next game when Neco Williams’ cross kick licked the post. But Tottenham recovered from the blow and prevailed in the final period.
Joe Worrall and Henderson stopped Son from scoring his first goal in this Premier League with a double shot (62′) before Richarlison converted with a quarter of an hour from the end.
Kane iron sentence
Kane was finally sentenced by finishing a perfect cross beyond Richarlison (81′). Antonio Conte’s Tottenham’s good start is fueling the hopes of his fans to finally compete this season for the title.
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Nottingham: Henderson; Worrall, Cook (Freuler, 75′), McKenna; Neco Williams, Yates (Kouyaté, 75′), O’Brien (Awoniyi, 75′), Toffolo; Brennan Johnson (Surridge, 91′), Gibbs-White; Lingard (Dennis, 69′)
Tottenham: Lloris; Davinson Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson Royal, Höjbjerg, Bentancur (Spence, 92′), Perisic (Sessegnon, 74′); Kulusevski (Bissouma, 83′), Son Heung-Min (Richarlison, 74′); right
Goals: 0-1 Kane (6′), 0-2 Kane (81′)
Referee: Craig Pawson. Yellow cards to Cook (56′), Worrall (58′), McKenna (61′), O’Brien (73′), Kane (83′), Kouyaté (84′), Brennan Johnson (85′)
Attendance: 29,296 at the City Ground
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Source: La Verdad
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