English Football
Kane’s record goal helps Tottenham beat Brighton
Harry Kane scored as Tottenham reignited their top-four hopes by condemning Brighton to a sixth successive Premier League defeat.
England forward Kane raced onto Rodrigo Bentancur’s incisive pass to drive a low effort past Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez and seal a deserved win for the visitors.
The goal brought up Kane’s 95th away from home in the Premier League, a new record and, but for some errant finishing, he could have added to his tally.
Cristian Romero had earlier put Spurs in front, deflecting in Dejan Kulusevski’s low effort past a helpless Sanchez and into the bottom left corner.
The result sees Antonio Conte’s Tottenham move up to seventh in the table and was the perfect response to their defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford last Saturday.
However, the ease with which the Italian’s side won will concern Seagulls manager Graham Potter, whose side remain 13th having won just once in their last 10 matches.
Kane goes fifth in Premier League goals list
In the build-up to the game Conte had challenged his senior players to help deliver Champions League qualification and, in a show of faith, he named the same starting XI that had appeared at Old Trafford.
Kane did not disappoint, putting a glaring early miss behind him to ensure a favourable outcome for his side.
Having charged down an attempted Sanchez clearance the 28-year-old could not contain his look of disappointment as he placed a side-footed effort wide of a vacant Brighton goal.
However, it was not to last for long and his influence grew throughout the match.
He repeatedly dropped into pockets of space to link with the Tottenham midfield but also showed the nous to run beyond the Brighton backline as he scored from a swift counter-attack just before the hour.
His goal took him past Frank Lampard to become the competition’s fifth-highest scorer with only Alan Shearer (260), Wayne Rooney (208), Andrew Cole (187) and Sergio Aguero (184) having scored more Premier League goals.
A Sanchez save prevented him from curling his second of the night into the top corner, while he also had a late penalty claim turned down.
