Kane’s double lifts Tottenham
Whether scoring from distance or performing an intricate goal celebration, Harry Kane makes it look easy.
No other player has been as consistently lethal in front of goal in England in the last three years. And the Tottenham forward supplemented his repertoire of goals with a double in yesterday’s 3-2 victory over Everton.
A ninth successive home win in the Premier League buoyed Tottenham’s pursuit of Chelsea and asserted Kane’s striking supremacy.
While Tottenham remains second in the league standings, Kane is now out on his own on the scoring leaderboard with 19 goals. Kane edged ahead of challenger Romelu Lukaku after the Everton striker could only manage one goal in their striking showdown at White Hart Lane.
Kane’s first in the 20th minute was audacious but expertly executed, a strike unleashed from 30 yards (meters) that dipped past goalkeeper Joel Robles after he had skipped through Everton’s soft midfield resistance.
‘‘It’s funny,’' Kane said. ‘‘Me, Christian [Eriksen] and Eric Dier were just having a few shots after training yesterday from about that distance.
‘‘When it came about [in the game], I got a bit of space and I thought, ‘It was a bit windy out there if I can just get a little wobble going.’ And it managed to go in.’'
Spurs’ win ended a nine-game unbeaten run for seventh-placed Everton.
Elsewhere, Manchester City survived an early scare before goals from Sergio Aguero and Leroy Sane secured a 2-0 victory at bottom-placed Sunderland.
Jermain Defoe came close to giving the hosts a shock lead in the 20th minute when he drilled his shot against the post but Aguero opened the scoring from pointblank range in the 38th from David Silva’s cross.
Silva also provided a defensesplitting through-ball early for Sane to get the second in the second half.
City are third, eight points behind leader Chelsea.