Historical Kane, brought the smile back to Tottenham

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Historical Kane made Tottenham smile again! The English striker was the “golden” scorer for his team at home to Tottenham, catching the legend Jimmy Greaves at 266 goals and in doing so reduced the gap for the “spurs” to three points from 4th place and Manchester United with a match in hand.

Second consecutive defeat for the Fulham of Marco Silva, now located in 7th place with 31 points, the same as Brighton has.

The match

The game started with her Tottenham to circulate the ball wanting to break the well-organized Fulham defense which was trying to “hit” on the counter-attack by creating play mainly from the left. In the 10th minute Marco Silva’s team missed the first chance when o Harrison Reed found space outside the area, but he shot Joris he reacted correctly keeping his hearth intact. In the 13th minute, the French goalkeeper saved the foul committed by Andreas Pereira, thus preserving the 0-0.

Tottenham couldn’t break away from the home side’s pressure with Fulham closing in on the area. In the 20th minute, it was Reid again who threatened with a long shot, but Joris told him “no” for the second time.

The hosts missed their biggest chance of the match in the 25th minute when from Tete’s cross, Mitrovic he headed the ball over the posts.

It took 37 minutes into the match for Tottenham to make their first final, with Emerson taking steps up the pitch and shooting, with Leno making his first intervention of the match.

Great was also the moment of the 41st minute which this time belonged to Tottenham. Great pass by Andreas Pereira to Willianwith the Brazilian shooting into the right corner, but Leno saved.

And while everything showed that the two teams will go to a scoreless draw in the locker room o Harry Kane with movement… pivot and superb shot made history after scoring on 33rd different court in Premier League and he reached the legendary Jimmy Greaves in goals by catching 266.

On the break, Marco Silva wanted to get further up the pitch, but Tottenham threatened with Kane’s close-range header, which was impressively saved by Leno in the 58th minute. The hosts continued to press without however creating emergency conditions in the frames of Joris. In the 78th minute, Mitrovic received a cross from Robinson, but his header went over the posts.

Ten minutes later Fulham went close again when Solomon attempted a masterful effort from the corner of the area to beat Joris, but the French keeper saved the ball for a corner. Conte then provided his own help from the bench by bringing on Bishouma for Kulusevski to shield the midfield.

In the six minutes of stoppage time, Fulham failed to equalize and Tottenham ran away from Craven Cottage with a vital win.

The elevens:

Fulham (Marco Silva 4-2-3-1): Leno-Tete (80′ Solomon), Diop, Reem, Robinson-Palinia, Reed (65′ Kearney)- Decordova Reed (88′ Wilson), Willian (88′ Vinicius), Pereira- Mitrovic

Tottenham (Antonio Conte 3-5-2): Joris-Romero, Dier, Davies-Emerson, Perisic, Hojbjerg, Bedakur-Son (75′ Richarlison), Kulusevski (90′ Bissouma), Kane

Detailed schedule of the 21st matchday:



Saturday (21/1)

Liverpool-Chelsea 0-0

West Ham-Everton 2-0

(34′, 41′ Bowen)

Leicester-Brighton 2-2

(38′ Albrighton, 63′ Barnes – 27′ Mitoma, 88′ Ferguson)

Bournemouth-Nottingham Forest 1-1

(28′ Anthony – 83′ Sarridge)

Southampton-Aston Villa 0-1

(77′ Watkins)

Crystal Palace-Newcastle 0-0

Sunday (22/1)



Leeds-Bradford 0-0

Manchester City-Wolves 3-0

(40′, 50′ pen, 54′ Haaland)

Arsenal-Manchester United 3-2

(24′, 90′ Enketia, 53′ Saka – 17′ Rashford, 59′ Martines)

Monday (23/1)

Fulham-Tottenham 0-1

(45+1′ Kane)

The schedule for the next (22nd) matchday:

Friday (3/2)

Chelsea-Fulham (22:00)

Saturday (4/2)



Everton-Arsenal (14:30)

Aston Villa-Leicester (17:00)

Wolves-Liverpool (17:00)

Manchester United-Crystal Palace (17:00)

Brighton-Bournemouth (17:00)

Brentford-Southampton (17:00)

Newcastle-West Ham (19:30)

Sunday (5/2)



Nottingham Forest-Leeds (16:00)

Tottenham-Manchester City (18:30)

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