Kane reaches 100 Premier League goals in dramatic style
There couldn’t have been a more dramatic way for Harry Kane to bring up 100 goals in the Premier League.
It was the fifth minute of injury time, Liverpool was leading 2-1 in an action-packed game, and home fans seethed after Tottenham was awarded a penalty in front of The Kop - courtesy of an intervention by the assistant referee.
Kane already had a spot kick saved late in normal time, and was seen looking to the skies in disbelief at Anfield after Mohamed Salah restored Liverpool’s lead with a stunning individual goal in the first minute of stoppage time.
This was Kane’s chance to make amends. He took it.
The England striker slotted away the penalty with what was virtually the last kick of the game to rescue a 2-2 draw for Tottenham and reach a significant scoring milestone in just 141 games in England’s top division. Only Alan Shearer (124 games) has got there quicker.
“I was nervous,” Kane said. “It was a big moment, with a lot of pressure. But I stuck to the routine.
“It’s great to be in that 100 club now, and it’s great to get something from the game after that rollercoaster of emotions.”
It was a big moment in the race for Champions League qualification, too.
Liverpool could have moved five points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham with 12 games left, but the gap remains only two points. Chelsea is sandwiched between them and Arsenal, boosted by two high-profile January signings in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, are four points further back.
It looks set to go down to the wire.
Palace draws 1-1 with Newcastle
Luka Milivojevic converted a second-half penalty to earn Crystal Palace a 1-1 draw at home to
Yesterday Crystal P.-Newcastle ......................... 1-1 Diame (N) 22, Milivojevic (CP) 55 pen Liverpool-Tottenham ........................ 2-2 Salah (L) 3, 90, Wanyama (T) 80 , Kane 90 pen Today Watford-Chelsea .......................................
Standings
P Man City 26 Man United 26 Liverpool 26 Chelsea 25 Tottenham 26 Arsenal 26 Burnley 26 Leicester 26 Bournemouth 26 Everton 26 Watford 25 West Ham 26 Brighton 26 Crystal Palace 26 Southampton 26 Newcastle 26 Swansea 26 Stoke 26 Huddersfield 26 West Brom 26 W D L F A Pts 22 3 1 74 19 69 17 5 4 51 18 56 14 9 3 59 31 51 15 5 5 45 19 50 14 7 5 51 24 49 13 6 7 51 35 45 9 9 8 21 23 36 9 8 9 38 35 35 8 7 11 30 37 31 8 7 11 29 45 31 7 6 12 33 44 27 6 9 11 32 46 27 6 9 11 21 35 27 6 9 11 24 39 27 5 11 10 28 38 26 6 7 13 24 36 25 6 6 14 19 37 24 6 6 14 26 52 24 6 6 14 19 46 24 3 11 12 21 37 20
Newcastle in the Premier League yesterday.
Christian Benteke, who missed great chances in both halves, won the penalty when his jersey was pulled by Newcastle defender Ciaran Clark and Milivojevic scored from the spot in the 55th minute for his sixth goal of the season.
The Serbia midfielder became Palace’s joint-top scorer this season in the process.
Mo Diame had given Newcastle the lead when he poked home a finish at the far post in the 23rd minute after Kenedy’s low, inswinging corner went through a mass of bodies.
Newcastle moved a point clear of the relegation zone with 12 games left. Palace is in 14th spot.