Harry Kane turned Tottenham’s all-time report scorer as his 267th objective for the membership sealed a 1-0 win in opposition to Manchester Metropolis that severely broken the champions’ bid to retain the Premier League title.

Kane’s historic first-half strike on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium took him previous Jimmy Greaves into sole possession of the hallowed report.

Greaves had held the milestone since 1970 earlier than Kane moved stage with him in his earlier look in opposition to Fulham on January 23.

Kane’s landmark second additionally made him solely the third participant to attain 200 Premier League targets after Alan Shearer (260) and Wayne Rooney (208).

It has been an unforgettable interval for Kane, who drew stage with Rooney as England’s joint report scorer on 53 targets when he netted in opposition to France on the World Cup in December.

Passing Greaves had grow to be more and more inevitable for the prolific Kane, though satirically Metropolis might have ended his report chase if that they had been profitable of their try to signal him in 2021.

Nonetheless, Kane’s outstanding objective feats appeared a distant dream throughout a troublesome begin to his profession that featured a number of failed mortgage spells earlier than he lastly emerged as a star.

Greaves, who died aged 81 in 2021, is thought to be one of the pure goalscorers in soccer historical past.

A member of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning squad, who netted 44 instances for his nation, Greaves is the best scorer in English top-flight historical past with 357 targets.

For Kane to be alongside such a legendary participant is a tribute to his predatory instincts and his perseverance.

The 29-year-old’s first Tottenham objective got here again in 2011 in opposition to Shamrock Rovers within the Europa League.

If that was a low-key method to begin an unbelievable profession, his report strike carried way more significance.

Arsenal’s shock 1-0 defeat at struggling Everton on Saturday had given Metropolis renewed hope they might overhaul the leaders.

However as an alternative Kane’s nineteenth objective in all competitions this season leaves second-placed Metropolis trailing 5 factors behind Arsenal, who’ve a sport in hand and host Pep Guardiola’s males in a vital conflict on February 15.

With out boss Antonio Conte after emergency surgical procedure to take away his gallbladder, Tottenham had been led by his assistant Cristian Stellini and this consequence absolutely lifted the recuperating Italian’s spirits.

Tottenham’s win moved them inside one level of fourth-placed Newcastle as they chase Champions League qualification.

– Kane makes historical past –

It took Kane simply quarter-hour to make historical past as Rodri‘s careless go on the sting of the Metropolis space allowed Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg to rob Manuel Akanji.

Hojbjerg slipped his go to Kane and, with immortality in his sights, the striker guided a barely scuffed low shot previous Ederson with typical effectivity.

Sprinting away to absorb the acclaim, Kane waved in the direction of his household, who had been sitting beneath a scoreboard emblazoned with the message “Congratulations Harry” alongside photos of him celebrating earlier targets for the membership.

The England captain was serenaded by Tottenham followers chanting “Harry Kane, he is one in all our personal” because the product of the membership’s youth academy walked again to the centre circle beaming a broad grin.

Metropolis’s response was laboured and Guardiola grew tetchy on the touchline, ranting in frustration after the subdued Erling Haaland opted to go as an alternative of shoot.

Riyad Mahrez was inches away from easing Guardiola’s angst when he crashed a fierce volley in opposition to the crossbar.

Metropolis got here from two targets down at half-time to beat Tottenham 4-2 on the Etihad Stadium in January.

However with Metropolis exhibiting no indicators of emulating that fightback, Guardiola despatched on Kevin De Bruyne, having surprisingly left the Belgium midfielder on the bench for “tactical” causes.

De Bruyne’s presence lifted Metropolis and Julian Alvarez‘s deflected shot looped over earlier than Akanji appealed in useless for a penalty when his shot hit Cristian Romero’s arm.

In a tense finale, Tottenham needed to play final three minutes with 10 males after Romero was dismissed for a second reserving as he chopped down Jack Grealish.

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