Kane scores in victory
NEWCASTLE: Harry Kane scored his first English Premier League goal of the season as Tottenham Hotspur overcame Newcastle United 32 at St James’ Park yesterday to prolong the home side’s winless run in a match briefly halted after a fan collapsed in the crowd.
Newcastle, spurred on by a buoyant atmosphere in its first game since being taken over by a Saudi Arabialed consortium, flew out of the traps and went ahead after just 108 seconds when Callum Wilson headed in from a Javi Manquillo cross.
But the bright start soon fizzled out as Spurs hit back in the 17th minute through Tanguy Ndombele, who lashed home from the edge of the box after being played in by Sergio Reguilon.
Things got worse for the home team five minutes later when PierreEmile Hojbjerg played a ball over the Newcastle defence and Kane beat the offside trap to smartly dink it over Karl Darlow.
We knew what was coming, with everything going on around Newcastle. In the end it was a positive performance,’’ Spurs coach Nuno Espirito Santo told Sky.
‘‘The moment we started moving it around, we started causing them problems.’’
Angelo Ogbonna’s late header earned West Ham United a 10 win at Everton and lifted it to sixth.
The visiting side struggled to create clearcut chances at Goodison Park as Everton looked to move into the top four with a draw on Merseyside, but Ogbonna’s goal secured a vital three points for West Ham manager David Moyes against his former club.
‘‘It was a good performance and this is a difficult place to come, as I know,’’ Moyes said.
‘‘[The goal] was one which we needed because we’d been knocking at the door in different ways, so we needed that to get over the line.’’ — Reuters