Kane seals Spurs win
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane pounced on a comical piece of defending to break Sunderland’s resistance and secure a deserved 1-0 win that lifted the London side to third in the Premier League.
The one sour note for unbeaten Spurs was a late ankle injury for Kane, who was wheeled off on a stretcher having scored the winner in the 59th minute after Papy Djilobodji completely missed the ball as he tried to clear.
Only an inspired performance by Sunderland keeper Jordan Pickford kept the hosts at bay as Tottenham managed 19 first-half goal attempts before the break, including one from Son Heungmin that hit the post.
In the second half, Son hit the side netting and rolled another effort across the goal before Kane struck, pouncing on a Dele Alli knockdown after Djilobodji’s mistake.
Spurs continued to press with Eric Lamela twice going close and Vincent Janssen blazing over in added time. Sunderland finished with 10 men after Adnan Januzaj was sent off for a foot-up challenge on Ben Davies, having already been booked.
Crystal Palace beat struggling Stoke City 4-1 with defenders James Tomkins and Scott Dann both scoring from set-pieces in a three-minute first half spell.
James McArthur and Andros Townsend also scored for the Londoners before Marko Arnautovic grabbed a consolation goal for the Premier League’s bottom team in the dying seconds.
Tomkins opened the scoring in the ninth minute when he stole in behind Jonathan Walters to toe-poke home Townsend’s free-kick, and three minutes later Dann made it 2-0 as he headed Jason Puncheon’s corner into the back of the net.
McArthur fired the third in the second half, his shot deflecting off Geoff Cameron before flying into the net in the 72nd minute, and Townsend completed the rout by curling a bouncing shot home three minutes later.
Charlie Austin scored his third goal in four days to deliver Southampton’s first Premier League win of the season under manager Claude Puel, beating Swansea.
After four league games without a victory, the Saints were seeking to avoid their worst start to a season since 2000-01 and got the break on 63 minutes when Austin chested down a deflected cross and fired in the goal. – Reuters STAY AWAY: Sundowns’ Themba Zwane tries to shield the ball from Zesco’s John Chin’gandu. It was quite evident that Sundowns miss Leonardo Castro, not just because of the goals he comes up with but also as As much as Billiat bailed out Sundowns from a compromising position, he also spent the better part of this match in chains.
He wasn’t chained by the Mosimane described Zesco’s attack, which transforms from a 4-4-2 to a 4-2-4 when they go forward, as awkward.
The four attackers – Kondwani Mntonga, Misheck Chaila, Jesse Were and Zesco’s attack covers the frailties Mosimane revealed after the match that he thought about changing things up by starting with a 3-4-3 formation instead