Stunning Kane goal earns Spurs victory over Juventus

HARRY Kane scored a stunn i ng 93rd mi nute w i n ner from t he half way line as Tottenham Hotspur edged Juventus 3-2 in an entertaining preseason friendly in Singapore on Sunday.

The England captain latched onto Lucas Moura’s short pass and launched a first-time shot high over a scrambling substitute keeper Wojciech Szczesny as Spurs rallied past new manager Maurizio Sarri’s Italian champions in front of a delighted National Stadium crowd.

“It’s probably one of the best goals of my career. I noticed the keeper was often off of his line and thought if I get a chance to shoot I will and it just went in,” Kane said in a post-match interview.

A youthful Spurs dominated the first half as Juventus struggled to adapt to their new coach’s “Sarri-ball” tactic of playing out from the back with short, quick passes.

Instead of moving the ball forward, Juventus often found themselves defending desperately after being caught in possession as Spurs pressed high up the pitch with the Premier League side going on to take a deserved lead on the half-hour mark.

Son Heung-min started the move by holding up play and feeding Troy Parrott for a clear run at Gianluigi Buffon in the Ju v e nt us g o a l , wi t h t he 17-year-old for ward’s low strike parried by the veteran keeper straight into the path of an unmarked Erik Lamela for a routine tap-in.

“It was a very good game, very competitive. To be honest, we are still short in our preparations and I wasn’t planning to play this way so early in the pre-season . . . we were still hoping to give some players more rest after a long campaign,” Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino said.

“The result was not the most important thing today, the performance was and how we continue our preparations for the upcoming season.”

Juventus had more success a f ter t he brea k when t hey i ncrea sed t hei r tempo a nd went more direct, and halfti me s u b s t i t u t e G o n z a l o Hig ua i n level led t he score i n t he 56t h minute w it h a drilled strike af ter exchanging neat passes with Federico Bernardeschi.

Buoyed by t he equa l iser, Juvent us were soon a head w he n C r i s t i a no Ron a l do a r r ived late to d r ive home Matt ia De Scig l io’s cutback four minutes later, leav ing to rapt u rous applau se by a n adoring crowd when he was substituted immediately after scoring.

Spurs were level in t he 65t h m i nu t e , h o w e v e r, w h e n Champions Leag ue semi-f ina l hero Lucas f i red home r e c o r d s i g n i n g Ta n g u y Ndombele’s low cross, t he French mid f ielder f i nd i ng t he Bra z i l ia n wit h his f i rst touch a f ter coming on as a substitute.

Kane and Higuain both squandered good chances to score winning goals in the final 10 minutes before the England striker prevented the contest going to a penalty shootout with the most brilliant of strikes.