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Harry Kane scored his 267th goal for Spurs, breaking Jimmy Greaves’ record, as the home side deservedly beat an off-kilter City

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Sun 5 Feb 2023 13.58 ESTFirst published on Sun 5 Feb 2023 10.30 EST
Harry Kane celebrates becoming Tottenham’s outright record scorer, ahead of Jimmy Greaves.
Harry Kane celebrates becoming Tottenham’s outright record scorer, ahead of Jimmy Greaves. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Harry Kane celebrates becoming Tottenham’s outright record scorer, ahead of Jimmy Greaves. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

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This is what it does to the league table

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Arsenal 20 28 50
2 Man City 21 32 45
3 Man Utd 21 8 42
4 Newcastle 21 22 40
5 Tottenham Hotspur 22 10 39

The record-breaking Harry Kane speaks

It’s a day I’ll never forget. It’s hard to put into words; just a magical moment. I was desperate to do it with a win as well, and in front of the home fans. There’s been so much talk about it in the last two weeks and I wanted to get it done as soon as possible. To do it here against one of the best teams in the world, it’s a special feeling.

[Kane also become the third player, after Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney, to score 200 Premier League goals] When I started playing regularly, eight or nine years ago, it wasn’t even in my imagination to score 200 Premier League goals. To be there now… it’s exciting and I’ve got plenty more years left, so hopefully there’s a few more to come.

[On his first Premier League goal against Sunderland in 2014] Tim Sherwood gave me my first start, and I was so desperate to make an impression. To score and win that game was just the start. There’s been a lot of hard work since then with Mauricio and all the coaches. It’s a magical feeling.

Jimmy Greaves is a complete hero, one of the best strikers to ever play the game, so to even be in that company is special. I’m sure his family will be proud as well. Overall, a really good night.

Harry Kane is congratulated by team-mates after the match. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
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Harry Kane’s record-breaking 267th goal for Spurs gives them a deserved victory over a City team who, by their own stratospheric standards, were a minor shambles. They could still have drawn or even won the game, because they are that good, but that was a slightly alarming performance. I’ve rarely seen them so angry or so ragged.

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Full time: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester City

Peep peep! That’s a huge win for Spurs, and a pretty good one for Arsenal too.

Full time: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Man City

Grealish fouls Emerson Royal, and a smiling Pep Guardiola tells the referee to “eff off” from the touchline. City really have been in a foul mood all day.

90+4 min Lionel Messi was given a penalty for a very similar incident at the World Cup, but I’m not sure the laws of association football were being used in Argentina’s games.

90+3 min A marvellous inswinging cross from Grealish is headed over from six yards by Rodri, a split-second – if that – before he is caught and flattened by the flying Lloris. City want a penalty; they won’t get one.

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90+2 min De Bruyne’s cross is headed away to the edge of the area, where Rodri miscontrols the ball, is robbed by Hojbjerg and then compounds the error by giving away a foul. Hojbjerg has been the best player on the pitch.

89 min De Bruyne scored a memorable goal at Leicester earlier in the season from a very similar position. He tries the same technique, but this time it hits Hojbjerg in the wall. He goes down holding his face, so the referee stops play. City think he’s trying it on, because it was a slightly delayed reaction. It did hit him flush in the coupon though.

88 min “City slowly turning into Aston Villa, dependent on Grealish for any creativity and with an ineffective forward,” says Rich C, who thus becomes the first person in the entire known universe to compare Erling Haaland with Keinan Davis.

CRISTIAN ROMERO SENT OFF!

87 min It’s a clear second yellow card, for a foul on Grealish 25 yards from goal. Both teams get involved in a shoving match, though I’m not sure why – that was a clear booking.

Referee Andy Madley shows a red card to Cristian Romero of Tottenham. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
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84 min: Spurs substitution Son Heung-min, who was closer to his best today, is replaced by Yves Bissouma.

84 min: City substitution Ilkay Gundogan replaces Bernardo Silva, so now De Bruyne is the right-sided attacker.

83 min Ederson is booked for dissent, though I’m not sure what he’s getting so cakey about. Spurs want a penalty after Lewis falls onto Sessegnon’s cross and touches it with both hands. It hit Lewis’s body first, and I think he was fouled anyway, so it’s no penalty.

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82 min Apparently Grealish was mugged off – that’s right, mugged off – by a ballboy a while ago, which is one of the reasons he isn’t in the greatest mood.

81 min Grealish has been City’s leader in the second half, the only one who looks truly desperate to make something happen. I didn’t think I’d be saying that three months ago.

80 min “The thing about the 2006 FA Cup final,” says Andy Flintoff, “is that the last minute Gerrard equaliser was only scored because he’d cramped up so much he couldn’t run so pretty much had to hit it first time.”

Yeah I read that a couple of years ago. It makes a great goal even more ridiculous.

78 min De Bruyne stabs a beautiful return pass around the corner to Grealish, who is crucially tackled just outside the six-yard box by the lunging Emerson Royal. Great defending.

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76 min Walker’s deflected long-range shot is easily saved by Lloris, City’s first shot on target in the second half. Lloris launches it long to start a three-on-three break. Son shapes a left-footed curler from 20 yards that is pushed away to his right by Ederson. Kane collects the ball and picks out the supporting Hojbjerg, who drags a shot wide from the edge of the box.

76 min City appeal again for handball when Ake’s cross brushes the arm of Emerson Royal. It was tight to his body so that’s a fair decision. Rodri gives the referee a mouthful for some reason.

75 min “This is starting to feel like the last five minutes of a cup tie,” says complete with the players looking knackered.”

On that note, do you remember extra time in the 2006 FA Cup final between Liverpool and West Ham? It was a savagely hot day, and at one stage there were about eight players down with cramp.

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72 min Romero is down after a collision with Grealish. He’s okay to continue. Grealish has looked most likely to create something for City in the second half.

70 min: Big save from Emerson! Now it’s City who are hanging on. Kane runs straight through Akanji and Walker, Preben Elkjaer-style, on the left side of the area. Ederson comes out to save Kane’s shot brilliantly with his outstretched left leg, and the ball ricochets off Kane before going wide of the near post. That could easily have deflected into the net, but it was a marvellous save from Ederson.

Manchester City's Ederson, Rodri and Manuel Akanji try to stop Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters
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69 min Another Spurs break ends with a wasteful shot from Kane going well wide of the far post. Son was in a decent position.

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68 min City are looking more dangerous now, and more desperate (in a good way). Alvarez controls the ball on the edge of the area, turns 180 degrees and lifts a sizzling shot that goes just past the far post.

67 min Is it too early for the as it stands table? Yes, it’s February, so here it is.

Pos Team P GD Pts
1 Arsenal 20 28 50
2 Man City 21 32 45
3 Man Utd 21 8 42
4 Newcastle 21 22 40
5 Tottenham Hotspur 22 10 39
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66 min A thrilling break from Spurs. Son runs 50 yards and plays in Perisic to his left. He slides an inviting first-time ball that just evades both the diving Ederson and the sliding Kane in the six-yard box.

65 min Now Akanji has a shot blocked, leading to another appeal for handball, and then De Bruyne threads a shot wide from the edge of the area.

Akanji’s shot hit Romero’s leg and ricocheted onto his hand, so it won’t be a penalty.

64 min With everyone congregating in the six-yard box, De Bruyne cleverly slides the ball back towards Alvarez on the edge of the area. He smashes a shot that hits Dier’s knee and flies over the bar. The original shot was going off target in fact.

City appeal for handball, and therefore a penalty, but it clearly came off Dier’s knee.

64 min Grealish cleverly suckers Emerson Royal into a sliding foul just outside the area on the left. Weirdly, Royal hasn’t been booked.

63 min “From a tactical perspective,” says Peter Oh, “is it fair to say that Harry Kane has ripped up City’s 4-3-3/3-3-4/3-5-2 playbook with his ruthless 2-6-7? And will he kick it up a notch to a 2-6-8?”

62 min De Bruyne does try to put Haaland through with a sliderule pass, but it’s slightly overhit and that allows Dier to step across. Spurs break through Kane, Perisic, Son and finally Hojbjerg, whose flicked pass is slightly too short for the onrushing Emerson Royal. Ake runs across to slide tackle Royal on the edge of the area, with the ball ricocheting behind for a goalkick.

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