With his signature finish, Harry Kane drew within one of Jimmy Greaves’ Tottenham goalscoring records and gave Spurs a win over Portsmouth in the FA Cup.Â
Soon after Emerson Royal’s header struck the post, Kane and Ryan Sessegnon swapped passes before the latter curled a shot from 18 yards out into the far corner.
Kane currently has 265 goals for Spurs, one fewer than the illustrious Greaves.
The visitors from League One missed a fantastic opportunity to grab a second goal through Oliver Skipp, but Kane’s strike was unanswered.
In the north London Premier League matchup against Arsenal at home on January 15, the England striker has the opportunity to tie the record or maybe smash it if he scores multiple times.
With Dejan Kulusevski, Richarlison and Lucas Moura among a growing Spurs injury list, Antonio Conte was forced to start Kane and Son Heung-min in a strong forward line despite making eight changes overall.
Spurs had scored just one first-half goal in their previous 12 games and never looked like adding to that during a quiet opening 45 minutes in north London, failing to register a single shot on target.
Indeed, Portsmouth, cheered on by a sold-out allocation of more than 8,000 noisy visiting fans, created the first half’s best effort as Reeco Hackett-Fairchild’s acrobatic shot on the turn was pushed wide by Fraser Forster.
However, Spurs stepped things up following the restart and, just after Royal headed Son’s deep cross on to the post, Kane produced the moment of magic that ultimately proved decisive.
