Manchester City return to the top with win over Chelsea
KANE LEADS THE CHARGE AS SPURS CRUSH HUDDERSFIELD
anchester City scored a solitary goal victory over Chelsea yesterday in the English Premier League. With this win, City have returned to the top of the table with 19 points, same as Manchester United, but have a better goal difference than their city rivals. Manchester United defeated Crystal Palace 4-0.
A dominant City had to wait till the 67th minute to find the net when Kevin De Bruyne smacked the ball to the top right of the goal.
In an earlier match, a Harry Kane masterclass ensured Tottenham cruised to a 4-0 victory against Huddersfield.
Tottenham beat Cypriot champions APOEL Nicosia 3-0, courtesy of a brilliant Kane hattrick on Tuesday and he was just as impressive in West Yorkshire, killing off Huddersfield inside the opening 20 minutes with two superbly taken goals.
Ben Davies put Tottenham ahead early on and substitute Moussa Sissoko added a late fourth as the London side blew away David Wagner’s men.
The early kick-off gave Tottenham a chance to keep in touch with the Premier League leaders and they gleefully took that opportunity against a Huddersfield team with plenty of heart but little real quality.
Huddersfield have proven to be surprisingly durable in defence this term, keeping four clean sheets in their opening six league matches, but that was long forgotten during a 90 minutes they will want to forget.
They were more than a match for Spurs early on as Tommy Smith had one fine long-range effort palmed away by Hugo Lloris and Rajiv van la Parra also saw Eric Dier block another opportunity.
However, Kane underlined again why he is one of Europe’s hottest properties and why almost every major side in the world would love to have him.
After nine minutes, Huddersfield’s Chris Lowe was caught napping at the back as the England striker raced through on 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 Spurs Leicester City Crystal Palace Southampton Watford Swansea City Man City 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 goal and calmly slotted past Jonas Lossl to put Spurs ahead.
It was the kind of cool and clinical finish that Premier League fans have come to expect from the 24-year-old.
Wagner’s side remained lively but the visitors moved the ball very quickly and it was not long before Davies had doubled their lead as Huddersfield’s defence again failed to deal with Spurs’ forward forays.
After seven one-touch passes, the ball bobbled loose to Davies 16 yards out and he had all the time in the world to clip a shot past Lossl.
Spurs were fortunate not to concede a penalty shortly after their second goal as Davinson Sanchez clumsily barged Elias Kachunga inside the area.