Record broken in historic Premier League win

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Harry Kane broke Tottenham's all-time scoring grounds with a extremity — his 267th for the nine — that volition person been celebrated astir arsenic jubilantly by the different squad successful northbound London.

The England captain's milestone onslaught earned Tottenham a 1-0 triumph implicit Manchester City, which was looking for a triumph to trim the spread to Premier League person Arsenal to 2 points.

In the end, Arsenal wasn't punished for losing 1-0 astatine Everton connected Saturday — and possibly that's nary surprise. After all, City present hasn't won, oregon adjacent scored, successful 5 games astatine Tottenham's caller stadium successful either the Premier League oregon the Champions League.

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Even the lack of Tottenham manager Antonio Conte, recovering successful his autochthonal Italy aft having his gallbladder removed this week, couldn't alteration the communicative astir this peculiar fixture.

Kane swept location the victor successful the 15th infinitesimal aft Pierre-Emile Højbjerg intercepted a walk retired from the backmost by City midfielder Rodri and acceptable up the striker to people his 200th Premier League goal. Only 2 different players — Alan Shearer (260) and Wayne Rooney (208) — person reached that figure.

Kane broke the necktie for all-time Tottenham goals helium had with the precocious Jimmy Greaves, who played for the nine from 1961-70.

"Just a magical moment," Kane said successful an on-field interrogation arsenic helium looked retired astatine Tottenham's celebrating fans, "and I was hopeless to bash it with a win. To bash it successful beforehand of the location fans is simply a infinitesimal I'll ne'er forget.

"There's been truthful overmuch speech astir it implicit the past mates of weeks. I conscionable wanted to get it done arsenic soon arsenic possible. And to bash it successful a large crippled against 1 of the champion teams successful the satellite is simply a peculiar feeling."

City was the designer of its ain downfall for the goal, conscionable arsenic it was erstwhile conceding 2 sloppy first-half goals against Tottenham past period earlier rallying for a 4-2 triumph astatine Etihad Stadium.

This time, determination was nary comeback contempt a second-half resurgence sparked by the instauration of Kevin De Bruyne, who was benched for the 2nd consecutive crippled against Tottenham, and the 87th-minute sending-off of Cristian Romero for a 2nd yellowish card.

"Sooner oregon aboriginal it is going to change," City manager Pep Guardiola said of his team's grounds astatine Tottenham's caller stadium, "but it's strange. We haven't scored 1 goal, we make chances, we person missed penalties successful the past. To find an mentation is not easy.

"We recovered the positions, made bully balls to the channels, but missed the past enactment up front."

City mislaid for the 4th clip this play successful the league and stayed 5 points down Arsenal, which has a crippled successful manus arsenic it bids for a archetypal top-flight rubric since 2004.

Guardiola said City's players were "not successful the presumption to deliberation astir being champions, conscionable the adjacent game."

"There's inactive a batch of shot to beryllium played," City defender Kyle Walker said. "I cognize the twists and turns (in the rubric race), I cognize what this squad is about."

Fifth-place Tottenham moved a constituent down fourth-place Newcastle successful the contention for Champions League qualification.

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