Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Striker Harry Kane marked his 300th Premier League appearance with a brace of goals to hand Tottenham Hotspur an emphatic 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace in their London derby at Selhurst Park on Wednesday.
Defender Matt Doherty and Son Heung-min netted further goals for the visitors as Palace capitulated in the second half having been the better side in the opening period when the teams went to the break at 0-0.
The win moves Tottenham to 33 points from their 18 matches and to within two points of fourth-placed Manchester United, though they have played a game more. Palace are in 12th position 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 win eases the pressure on Tottenham manager Antonio Conte after his Spurs side had lost four of their previous seven topflight matches, including a demoralising 2-0 home defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday that saw them booed off the pitch by their own supporters.
Both sides now switch focus to FA Cup third round ties as Tottenham host third-tier Portsmouth and Palace welcome Premier League rivals Southampton. Both games will be played on Saturday.
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It's been a jittery, disjointed start to the game, with both sides clearly favouring wide attacks on the counter. When in possession though, neither side seems capable of breaking down the other's defence, meaning we've seen very little in the way of chances so far.
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Spurs have options queuing up in the Palace box as Son dribbles his way to the edge, but his pass square to Kane is cut out and cleared by Guehi.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Making his 300th appearance in the top-flight, Kane could become only the second player in the competition to score on their 100th, 200th and 300th Premier League appearance, after Teddy Sheringham. He's been involved in eight goals in his last six league appearances against Palace, scoring five and assisting three, with the Eagles one of just two teams Kane has scored and assisted at least five times against.
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Kane drops deep and looks to spark a Tottenham counter-attack, but he's unable to escape the attention of Guehi, and is eventually fouled on halfway by the Palace captain.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Perisic hooks a cross into the centre which is half-cleared, but Hojbjerg follows in to side-foot a half-volley goalwards, which takes a deflection and bounces wide of the mark!
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Crystal Palace have lost their first league game of the calendar year on each of the last seven occasions the match has been a London derby, in a run stretching back to 1990. The Eagles' first Premier League match of 2022 was a 3-2 home loss to West Ham.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Perisic clips a cross-field ball from left to right, aiming for Doherty making a run into the box, but Zaha gets back well to cut it out for Palace.
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Palace have won just two of their last 15 Premier League games in January, beating Sheffield United and Wolves in 2021. They haven't won any of their last 10 London derbies in the first month of the year.
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Palace won this exact fixture 3-0 last season – they've never won consecutive home league games against Spurs before.
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