Harry Kane became Tottenham Hotspur's all-time record scorer with 267 goals, overtaking Jimmy Greaves, while racking up his 200th Premier League strike in the north London club's 1-0 win over Manchester City.
Tottenham Hotspur gave themselves a massive boost in their pursuit of the top four on Sunday evening by holding on for a brave 1-0 victory against Manchester City at home in the Premier League. It was Harry Kane's night as the Englishman surpassed Jimmy Greaves to become the north London club's all-time greatest scorer with his 267th goal for the team.
The numbers tell the story 💙: Tottenham Hotspur's all-time record goalscorer pic.twitter.com/slXtqtdU2C
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)Family statement Congrats to Harry Kane@We are proud that Jimmys record has stood for over 50 years and know he would have been happy for Harry to be the one to beat it after all this time Congratulations to Harry from the Greaves Family. Irene , Lynn , Andy, Mitzi and Danny.👍
— Jimmy Greaves (@jimmy_greaves)Kane is now chasing down the Premier League's all-time leader, Alan Shearer, and the striker needs 61 more goals to eclipse the legendary player after becoming the third footballer to score 200 goals in the league.
History: made ✅
Harry Kane's record-breaking goal... pic.twitter.com/mYkONzKzFY
As for Manchester City, Pep Guardiola's men can't seem to make it work at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Blues used to enjoy playing at White Heart Lane, but things have changed since the North London club relocated to better lands.
City has now failed to score in five away games, losing each of them while giving up seven goals. The result also means Arsenal went unpunished after their defeat to Everton on Saturday, keeping the Cityzens five points behind the Gunners, having played a game more.
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial)Following Tottenham's victory over Man City, fans took to Twitter to laud Kane's achievement, with some trolling Erling Haaland's poor show. "If City had Kane instead of Haaland, they'd be top of the league," noted one enthusiast, while another added, "Harry Kane is a better football player than Erling Haaland. He'll have more assists than Erling Haaland."
"Harry Kane would be a much better fit to this City side than Erling Haaland," reiterated another fan, while a fourth noted, "Kane and Haaland were on the same pitch today. The better striker decided the game."
Absolutely buzzing. What a special feeling - Tottenham’s all time record goalscorer. pic.twitter.com/HJmks10XOC
— Harry Kane (@HKane)Here's a look at how fans reacted to Kane's record-breaking strike in a match that had City's Haaland being a mere spectator:
Erling Haaland grabbing Harry Kane to see what a proper striker feels like pic.twitter.com/dvNfdq9tkB
— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible)If City had Kane instead of Haaland they’d be top of the league 👀 pic.twitter.com/juZv3PRO5j
— No Ratings Podcast (@NoRatingsPod)Kane and Haaland were on the same pitch today. The better striker decided the game
— Tobs #TouchlineFracas (@tapintobs)Kane vs Haaland today pic.twitter.com/L5SFkG2QJD
— ⚡️ (@Jakeeeeeee_)Today proved it again. Kane can do what Haaland does, but Haaland can’t do what Kane does.
Absolutely different planet
Whoever is telling me that Haaland is better than Kane just doesn’t know football.
When you starve Haaland of service he doesn’t do anything. Kane influences the game even when he doesn’t score because he is a much better all round player.
96 minutes and Haaland didn't have a single touch in Tottenham's box. Harry Kane joins Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer in the PL 200 Club while also becoming the club's record top scorer with 267 goals. Tottenham goes one point off top 4. Still in the UCL, too. pic.twitter.com/2QnXzbEe6T
— King Melvin (@melvinnasasira)Erling Haaland against Tottenham pic.twitter.com/shS7vONLRR
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball)North London supremacy pic.twitter.com/K06lK2ZXTR
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball)Erling Haaland against Spurs:
0 shots
0 touches in the box
It’s the first time he’s failed to have a shot in a Premier League game 😳 pic.twitter.com/y5wf9C1zJa
Haaland in big games pic.twitter.com/K1bZnkhp73
— Chris. (@EmenaIo)it’s cuz of the black and red uniform https://t.co/obglhyXKqD pic.twitter.com/Jzh6aSt2Xn
— gwen is ia (@fawktwt)And y'all think Norwegian Lukaku will reach cr7 goals. https://t.co/n1t8oTSoYD pic.twitter.com/vjfweYJa5Y
— NEVER LOVE AGAIN (@Jamnic_)How'd he cash in all his jujus in the first half of the season lmaoooo
Funniest thing is he could not score a single goal for the rest of the season and still finish top scorer https://t.co/QYCYmRgQ93 pic.twitter.com/SQTVFmTFqD
Without Debruyne he’s nothing https://t.co/NiNoFeDctT
— THE VOICE🇸🇳 (@king_birane)what did we learn? https://t.co/NqRpPCoaPA pic.twitter.com/SoRFWGUUyS
— Himmy Kimmel live 🌃🛋️ (@himberlandbootz)