Kane strikes twice to rescue Spurs
HARRY KANE boosted Tottenham’s chances of advancing from their Champions League group by scoring two late goals in a 2-1 win over PSV Eindhoven yesterday.
Tottenham looked in danger of heading out of the competition after just four games when the hosts went behind after just 61 seconds at Wembley.
Instead, Kane’s goals — in the 78th and 89th minutes — gave the English team a glimmer of hope of a top-two finish in Group B with matches still to come at home to Inter Milan and away to Barcelona. Tottenham are in third place, three points behind second-place Inter.
PSV are in last place on one point.
The Dutch team had defended stoutly after Luuk De Jong’s opening goal, a header from a corner, but was finally breached when Kane met a lay-off from substitute Fernando Llorente with a left-footed shot into the corner.
The England striker had a stroke of fortune with the winner, his header from eight meters out deflecting into the net off PSV defender Trent Sainsbury. It was Tottenham’s first win in the group.
In Spain, Atletico Madrid rebounded from a heavy loss to Borussia Dortmund with a convincing 2-0 win over the German team, a result that left both teams tied atop Group A.
Dortmund routed Atletico 4-0 last month at home in what was the Spanish team’s worst loss under coach Diego Simeone.
TIGHT DEFENDING
Dortmund started well again at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, but Saul Niguez put the hosts ahead near the end of the first half and Antoine Griezmann sealed the victory in a breakaway near the end. The victory left Atletico and Dortmund with nine points each. The teams couldn’t secure a spot in the knockout stage with two rounds left because Club Brugge routed Monaco 4-0 earlier yesterday and have four points. Monaco, with one point, were eliminated.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS: Red Star Bdelgrade 2 Liverpool 0; Monaco 0 Club Brugge 4; Atletico Madrid 2 Dortmund 0; Porto 4 Lokomotiv Moscow 1; Inter 1 Barcelona 1; Napoli 1 PSG 1; Schalke 2 Galatasaray 0; Tottenham 2 PSV 1.