Harry Kane is now Tottenham’s all-time top goalscorer after scoring his 200th Premier League goal to surpass Spurs legend Jimmy Greaves.
The Spurs forward scored the opening goal (his 267th for the club) against Manchester City on Sunday to achieve the feat and reach the Premier League milestone. City tried playing their way out of trouble but Rodri was caught out by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, who immediately fed Kane to score.
It wasn’t Kane’s best finish – but it didn’t matter – as he hit the ball into the ground past Ederson into the corner of the City net.
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Kane, 29, had drawn level with late club icon Greaves following his winner against Fulham two weeks ago. He has now scored 267 goals for Tottenham in 415 appearances. Greaves scored 266 goals, though did so in fewer games, reaching the tally in 379 appearances.
Kane notched his first goal for Spurs just over 11 years ago, four months after his debut for the club. The then-18-year-old came off the bench for Jermain Defoe during a Europa League tie against Shamrock Rovers, grabbing the final goal as Spurs won 4-0.
He would later go on to overtake Defoe in the all-time top scorers list, with his former teammate in sixth on 143 goals. Bobby Smith (208), Martin Chivers (174) and Cliff Jones (154) are placed third to fifth, though could all eventually be surpassed by Kane’s strike partner Son Heung-min, who is seventh on the list with a tally of 139.
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As far as Kane’s Premier League credentials go, he is now up to third in the all-time list and bearing down on Wayne Rooney, whose 208 goals could even be surpassed by the Tottenham striker this season.
Kane still has some way to go to catch the man out in front, Alan Shearer, however, as the former Newcastle legend netted 260 times in the Premier League during his career.
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