Nottingham Forest 0-2 Tottenham: Harry Kane scores 2 hundredth and 201st profession league objectives in hard-fought win

Harry Kane scored a objective in every half, and had a penalty saved, as Tottenham secured a hard-fought 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on the City Ground on Super Sunday.

The England captain scored the 2 hundredth league objective of his skilled profession when he rolled in a low shot after being situated by Dejan Kulusevski within the fifth minute.

Kane was thwarted from the penalty spot – for the primary time in 22 makes an attempt in all competitions – by Forest goalkeeper Dean Henderson after the break.

He did, nevertheless, atone for the miss inside the ultimate 10 minutes by heading in Richarlison’s excellent cross. It was his 187th Premier League objective, which elevated him to joint-third on the all-time scoring chart, behind solely Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer.

The win for Antonio Conte’s group – their third in 4 league outings – strikes them above Brighton into third within the desk. Forest, in the meantime, drop to 14th.

How Kane stole the present as soon as once more

It had been 23 years because the two groups had confronted off on the City Ground, with a Steffan Iversen objective sufficient to seal a Spurs win again in 1999 – and regardless of Forest taking the sport to their opponents from the primary whistle, a landmark objective from Kane handed Spurs the benefit.

Kulusevski made a run by the center and picked out the striker, who dragged Steve Cook out of place and nonchalantly rolled dwelling, with the objective transferring him to inside one objective of Andy Cole’s tally of 187 Premier League strikes.

Both Heung-Min Son and Kane bent pictures astray because the guests endeavoured to double their lead, however Forest dominated territory and possession for a lot of the primary half; Brennan Johnson appeared a selected risk down the suitable, with a swerving effort from Lewis O’Brien batted away by Hugo Lloris.

Ryan Yates planted a free header the incorrect aspect of the upright because the hosts appeared to fly out of the blocks after the break, although the tide nearly turned utterly when Spurs had been awarded a penalty after Cook wildly swung his arm at a cross – and prevented a pink card after a VAR evaluate.

Kane confidently stepped as much as strike the spot-kick, however Henderson dived to his proper to make a superb diving save to disclaim him a second of the afternoon – and celebrated with the followers as if he had scored a objective himself.

Forest continued to consider of their capacity to stage proceedings, however with no shot on track within the second half, the seek for an equaliser would show to be futile, notably after Kane headed in a intelligent cross from Richarlison after the hosts’ backline had switched off.

Man of the match – Harry Kane

Another week, one other landmark for Harry Kane. The Tottenham striker continues to cement his standing as one of many most interesting the Premier League has ever seen, with now simply Rooney and Shearer having scored greater than him within the historical past of the competitors.

He clinically completed his first of the afternoon after which stored his composure so as to add a second with some good motion within the field, unfazed by his uncommon miss from 12 yards out.

‘Forest not simply within the Premier League to participate’

Nottingham Forest head coach Steve Cooper:

“I’m disappointed we lost the game, that’s always the most important thing. I liked our performance in terms of the build-up and territory, but what we didn’t do was threaten their goal enough for the amount of good positions that we got in. In the end, the reason you want to play the football you play is to score goals.

“It was an incredible end, the primary objective, however I believed we had been unfortunate with the press because the ricochet got here off Lewis’ shin and put Kane within the place that he acquired in. You work all week to attempt to cease that, so we had been a bit unfortunate. With the second objective, it acquired a bit open-ended after we had been making an attempt to get again into the sport and I settle for that we gave too many counter-attacks away – however we had been making an attempt to get into the sport, that is the mentality we wish. But we have left our markers free within the field.

“There were loads of good things to take out of the game and I’m not going to be narrow-minded enough not to see that, but at the same time, we’re not here just to take part. We don’t just want to play well, we want to win and we haven’t.”

Conte: This group of gamers are enhancing – however should proceed to take action

Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte:

“The game was tough. For me, it was the first time I’ve played in this stadium and it’s not easy for the players, with the noise around the pitch. In the first half, I think we suffered; they won many duels but, at the same time, we tried, in every moment, to exploit the space and create problems.

“I requested them at half-time to maneuver the ball, to go extra with our midfielders than within the first half. We did not do it and it was simple for Nottingham Forest to press. In the second half, we managed the sport significantly better. I’ve seen good issues.

“I think this group of players are improving in resilience, learning how to suffer together and to be compact. At the same time, the boys know very well that we have to continue to improve, to play the ball more quickly. At the end, I’m satisfied with the three points.”

Spot-kick streak ends for Kane, however historical past beckons

• Tottenham’s Harry Kane has now scored towards 31 of the 32 golf equipment he has appeared towards within the Premier League (97 per cent), failing solely towards Brentford. He additionally moved stage with Andy Cole on 187 Premier League objectives, behind solely Alan Shearer (260) and Wayne Rooney (208) within the competitors’s all-time prime scorers listing.
• Harry Kane scored the 2 hundredth (and 201st) league objectives of his senior membership profession, with 187 of those coming for Tottenham within the Premier League (7 for Millwall in Championship, 5 for Leyton Orient in League One, 2 for Leicester in Championship).
• Nottingham Forest’s Dean Henderson has solely conceded one of many 5 penalties he has confronted within the Premier League (20 per cent), the bottom share of any goalkeeper to face at the least 5 spot-kicks within the competitors (three saved, one submit).
• Harry Kane’s penalty miss ended his run of 15 consecutive spot-kicks scored within the Premier League for Tottenham, with at this time’s his first to be missed since February 2018 towards Liverpool (saved by Loris Karius).

What’s subsequent?

Manchester City host Nottingham Forest at 7.30pm on Wednesday within the Premier League on the Etihad Stadium. Tottenham go to West Ham on the identical night on the London Stadium; kick-off 7.45pm.