Tottenham Hotspur beat Crystal Palace 4-0 to finish in the top five of the EPL points table. After a scoreless first half, Harry Kane scored a quick brace in the opening minutes of the second half. Matt Doherty then joined the party to score his third goal for London White. Hueng-min Son put the final nail in the Eagles’ coffin, ending the game with a cool finish and scoring his fourth goal for the visitors.
Striker Harry Kane marked his 300th Premier League appearance with two goals in Tottenham Hotspur’s 4-0 win over Crystal Palace in the London derby at Selhurst Park on Wednesday. Defenders Matt Doherty and Heung-Min Son added more goals for the visitors as Palace surrendered in the second half after being on the better side in the opening stage as the team went 0-0 at half-time. .
The win gave Tottenham 33 points from his 18 games and fourth-placed Manchester United two points despite he played one more game. Palace are 12th with 22 points from 17 games.
After a quiet first half, Kane rose highest at the back post to head in Ivan Perisic’s cross on 48 minutes, and shortly afterwards added a second as he collected a pass from Bryan Gil, took a touch and arrowed his shot into the bottom corner to take his career Premier League goals tally to 198.
The pressure on Tottenham manager Antonio Conte eased with this victory after his Spurs side lost four of their last seven top-light games.
Both sides are now focused on their FA Cup Third Round matches as Tottenham host Third Division Portsmouth and Palace host Premier League rivals Southampton. Both games will be played on Saturday.