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Harry Kane’s header gives Tottenham narrow victory against Crystal Palace

06-May-2023 15:58:35 | The Guardian

If Harry Kane does finally leave Tottenham in the summer then it’s in this type of match they will miss him most of all. The England captain’s 28th goal of the season took him ahead of Wayne Rooney into second place in the Premier League’s all-time list of top scorers and delivered a first victory as interim head coach for Ryan Mason to revive their hopes of qualifying for European competition.

While this was far from a vintage performance against Roy Hodgson’s in-form Crystal Palace side who could feel hard done by not to have earned at least a point, none of that really matters when you have Kane in this kind of form. Created and scored by the striker who turns 30 in July, his winning goal on the stroke of half-time could be the encouragement Spurs need to nail down a place in Europe next season and perhaps even convince Kane that the grass is not always greener on the other side.