Harry Kane’s quickfire double helped Tottenham get again not off course with a 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace within the Premier League on Wednesday. Kane scored within the forty eighth and 53rd mins to show the tide after a robust first 1/2 from Palace.
Goals from Matt Doherty and Son Heung-min prolonged the guests’ merit as they picked up their first victory because the Premier League resumed after the World Cup ruin. They had drawn at Brentford and misplaced at house to Aston Villa.
Kane’s two moves introduced his Tottenham general to 264, simply two wanting Jimmy Greaves’ membership document, whilst his opener ended a run of 10 successive video games by which Spurs conceded the primary objective.
Fifth-place Tottenham moved 5 issues transparent of sixth-place Liverpool and two issues at the back of each Newcastle and Manchester United, who’re in 3rd and fourth, respectively. United has a sport in hand.
Palace’s first-half efficiency earned a spherical of applause from their enthusiasts because the gamers walked down the tunnel, nevertheless it used to be all undone inside of 3 mins of the restart when Kane nodded in Ivan Perisic’s left-wing move from shut vary.
Kane doubled his tally and Spurs’ lead when the ball fell to Bryan Gil at the proper and he flicked a go to the England captain, who took one contact and shot temporarily to ship a low strike into the ground left nook.
Son’s move inadvertently discovered its solution to Doherty throughout the house and the Ireland global made it 3–0 within the 68th minute when his low effort used to be too sturdy for goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.
It used to be now not lengthy sooner than Son were given at the scoresheet himself, beating Marc Guehi to Kane’s prime ball and firing into the ground nook by means of a deflection.
Spurs recorded their first blank sheet since October.