Harry Kane moved ahead of Wayne Rooney in the all-time Premier League goalscoring charts with the winner in Tottenham’s 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace.
The 29-year-old striker surpassed Rooney’s tally of 208 goals after getting on the scoresheet with a back-post header in first-half stoppage time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.
Harry Kane made the second spot his own in the Premier League’s all-time top goalscorers list with his match-winner in our 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon.
Having drawn level on 208 goals in the competition with Wayne Rooney thanks to his strike in last Sunday’s trip to Anfield, Harry went one better against the Eagles, heading home on the stroke of half-time in N17 to move onto 209 goals and clear of Rooney.
He is now 51 behind Alan Shearer’s all-time record of 260 Premier League goals.
The header against Palace also saw Harry break the competition’s record for headed goals in a single season in the Premier League. He is now on 10 for the campaign, beating the previous highest tally of nine set by Everton’s Duncan Ferguson in 1997/98.
The strike against the South London outfit was also his 100th at home in the Premier League. It makes him the first player in the competition’s history to score both a century of goals at home and away (109).
Kane, 29, expertly headed in Pedro Porro’s cross in first-half added time to reach 209 goals in the competition and surpass former Manchester United and Everton striker Wayne Rooney.
It proved enough to settle the contest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and move Spurs above Brighton into sixth place – although they have now played three games more than the Seagulls, who face Everton on Monday.
The hosts had gone closest to a breakthrough before Kane’s opener when Cristian Romero’s near-post header cannoned off the crossbar, while at the opposite end, Clement Lenglet produced a superb tackle to halt Jeffrey Schlupp’s progress toward the goal.
Sam Johnstone kept Palace in contention with a close-range save to deny Son Heung-min following an excellent pass by Romero inside the final quarter of an hour.
But, with Kane in position to clear a loose ball from his own six-yard box, Roy Hodgson suffered just his second loss in seven games since returning to management, leaving his side 12th.
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