London – Tottenham Hotspur momentarily lead the English Premier League in football after a 1-0 third-round victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers, with a historic goal for international striker Harry Kane.
And Tottenham improved to 7 points from 3 games, while Wolves’ balance froze at an orphan point and stayed winless in 10 games (3 draws and 7 losses).
Caen broke the Premier League record for most goals scored with one team (the current system was introduced in 1993), bringing his total to 185 goals, overtaking former Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero (184).
It was also Caen’s 250th goal in various competitions, putting them 16 goals behind the late Jimmy Greaves, the North London club’s all-time leading scorer.
In the 64th minute, the twenty-nine-year-old scored the game’s sole goal on a tight header off a corner kick by Croatian Ivan Perisic.
Kane scored his first goal of the season last week during a tense contest against Chelsea (2-2).
The opening half favored the visitors, whose starting lineup contained seven Portuguese players as well as their nephew, coach Bruno Lage.
Caen put Portuguese goalkeeper Jose Sa under pressure, but he saved his header with his fingers (44).
Tottenham looked radically different in the second half, with Kane’s header against the crossbar (51), then hitting his South Korean teammate Son Heung-min from close range and a narrow angle from the left post (62).
Kane scored the winning goal in the next assault to momentarily lead Spurs before his arch-rival Arsenal (6 points) sought to catch him later when he arrived to Bournemouth, similar to Brentford, who defeated Fulham.
And Tottenham coach Antonio Conte, who avoided a punishment following a spat with Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho in the previous stage, pushed his new Brazilian striker Richarlison in the last quarter-hour instead of Son.
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