The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Kane nets No 99, but Spurs left frustrated
Tottenham miss chance to go fourth as striker closes in on league century
Tottenham missed the chance to move into the Premier League’s top four yesterday as Southampton delivered a battling 1-1 draw for their underpressure boss Mauricio Pellegrino.
Harry Kane scored his 99th league goal after Davinson Sanchez had given Southampton a surprise first-half lead by turning the ball into his own net.
Both sides had chances to nick a late winner but Spurs were the more frustrated at the final whistle, with fourth-placed Liverpool now able to pull five points clear with a win over Swansea tonight.
In Saturday’s action, Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as leaders Manchester City beat Newcastle 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium to stay 12 points clear at the top.
Aguero broke the deadlock on 34 minutes with a deft header and added a second from the penalty spot just after the hour when Raheem Sterling was tugged back by Javier Manquillo.
Jacob Murphy scored his first Newcastle goal since a summer move from Norwich on 67 minutes but the Argentina forward slotted in a third on 84 minutes after good work from Leroy Sane.
Nearest challengers Manchester United won 1-0 at Burnley.
United did not have a shot on target in the first half but went ahead through Anthony Martial on 54 minutes.
Burnley almost equalised straight away as a free-kick from Johann Berg Gudmundsson hit the top of the crossbar, but that was as close as they got.
Eden Hazard led Chelsea to an impressive 4-0 win at Brighton which left them three points behind United.
The Belgian opened the scoring after only three minutes, with Willian swiftly adding a well-crafted second.
Both sides had penalty claims turned down before Hazard added a third on 77 minutes.
Victor Moses scored a fourth with a minute left as Chelsea recorded a first Premier League win of 2018.
Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 4-1 at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners were in front after six minutes through Nacho Monreal.
Alex Iwobi scored on nine minutes, skipper Laurent Koscielny added a third in the 13th minute and Alexandre Lacazette then made it 4-0 on 22 minutes.
Palace bagged a consolation goal on 78 minutes through Luka Milivojevic.
New Stoke manager Paul Lambert secured his first win with a 2-0 home victory over Huddersfield.
Joe Allen put the Potters ahead on 53 minutes and Mame Biram Diouf made it 2-0 as Stoke moved out of the bottom three and above Southampton.
Leicester beat Watford 2-0 at the King Power Stadium with Jamie Vardy converting a penalty and Riyad Mahrez slotted in a second in stoppage time.
West Ham and Bournemouth drew 1-1 at the London Stadium with former Aberdeen player Ryan Fraser netting for the Cherries. Javier Hernandez equalised for the Hammers.