Tottenham, led by Son Heung-min and Harry Kane, won three consecutive victories by defeating Manchester City, a star corps with Elling Halan. Kane reached the 200 league goal mark for the third time in his Premier League career.
In the 2022-2023 EPL round 22 home game against Man City held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 6th (Korean time), Tottenham kept Kane’s opening goal in the 15th minute of the first half and won 1-0. The match against Man City this season ended with 1 win and 1 loss. In the first match, Tottenham lost 2-4.
Tottenham (12 wins, 3 draws, 7 losses, 39 points), which continued to win three league victories, closely followed Newcastle (40 points), who qualified for the Champions League in 4th place. Newcastle have one game less to play.
Man City, who competed for the lead thanks to Holland’s unbelievable scoring streak at the beginning of the season, suffered their 4th loss of the season, recording 14 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses (45 points), falling 5 points behind leader Arsenal, who played one less game. It has become a situation where it is chased by 3 points by Man United in 3rd place. 안전놀이터
Son Heung-min started on the left side of the three-top along with Kane Klusevski on this day as well.
Son Heung-min did not have an offensive point, such as breaking through the dribble, which is a long-term skill, but also making sharp passes to teammates, but he made Manchester City’s midfield and defense difficult. In the 32nd minute of the second half, after passing the defender, he aimed for the goal with his left foot, but it also missed. Son Heung-min played 84 minutes and was replaced by Bisuma and withdrew.
The key to Tottenham’s victory that day was Kane.
After Hoivier cut off a pass from the opponent’s side, he advanced to the penalty box and gave up the ball as he fell, and Kane ran in and scored the valuable final goal.
The goal marked Kane’s 200th league goal in 304 matches. This is the third record after Alan Shearer (260 goals) and Wayne Rooney (208 goals) since the EPL was launched in 1992.
Kane also became Tottenham’s all-time top scorer. Tottenham scored 267 goals in official matches, surpassing the team’s legend, Jimmy Greaves (266 goals).
From 2011, when he made his professional debut, to this day, Kane played 415 official matches at Tottenham alone, scoring 200 goals in the regular league, 22 goals in cup competitions, and 45 goals in European club competitions.