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.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Gil steps to the edge of the box and tries a curling effort from 20 yards, but a deflection takes the sting out of the shot and it flies into Guaita's arms!
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Olise cuts inside from the right and drills a pass to the feet of Ayew, but the Ghanaian can't bring the ball under control and his heavy touch sees the ball roll into the gloves of Lloris.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs flood forward and Skipp strides through midfield. His pass forward to Son is flicked wide to Gil, whose low shot takes a deflection and goes behind for the game's first corner!
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Of every Premier League side they've played more than 20 times, only against Sunderland (66 per cent) do Tottenham have a higher win rate than the 58 per cent they have against Crystal Palace, having won 15 of their 26 meetings.
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
Gil kicks off for Spurs, and we're underway in south London!
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur
The two sides head out onto the Selhurst Park pitch, and we're just moments away from kick-off here!
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