Antonio Conte hailed Harry Kane’s character after the England captain recovered from his World Cup heartache to assist Tottenham rescue a 2-2 draw at Brentford, earlier than a bonkers end noticed Everton shocked by a counter-attack on the ultimate kick of the sport.
Meanwhile Newcastle climbed to second place with a 3-0 win at Leicester – and there have been a lot extra wild outcomes in a single day because the Premier League returned with a bang!
In the primary Premier League fixture for the reason that World Cup break in mid-November, Tottenham have been at risk of a dangerous defeat after Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney put Brentford in command on the Community Stadium.
Janelt fired residence after quarter-hour with a close-range end after Tottenham keeper Fraser Forster spilt Mathias Jensen’s shot.
Toney struck from close-range within the 54th minute from Christian Norgaard’s flick on.
But Kane netted with a sixty fifth minute header to begin the Tottenham restoration in his first recreation since lacking a vital penalty in England’s World Cup quarter-final defeat in opposition to France.
Brentford haven’t overwhelmed Tottenham since 1948 and their lengthy anticipate a victory over the north Londoners goes on after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg curled residence with 19 minutes left.
England captain Kane fired residence with a header.Source: Getty Images
Tottenham boss Conte praised England captain Kane for his contribution following his World Cup disappointment.
“When he got here again he was good. We know the significance of Harry for us, his character, his character. He’s one of the best participant we’ve got. I’m comfortable that he scored right now,” Conte mentioned.
“Since final season we’ve got made an excellent step. Now we’ve got to proceed to push ourselves. It will not be simple. We have proven huge character,” Conte mentioned.
Tottenham keep fourth within the desk, 4 factors forward of fifth-placed Manchester United within the race to qualify for the Champions League.
CRAZY FINISH AT GOODISON
Everton suffered a dangerous 2-1 defeat in opposition to relegation rivals Wolves as Rayan Ait-Nouri struck in remaining seconds for the guests at Goodison Park.
Yerry Mina gave Everton a seventh minute lead when the Colombia defender headed residence from Dwight McNeil’s nook.
Wolves levelled halfway by way of the primary half as Joao Moutinho’s cross was volleyed in by Daniel Podence.
Ait-Nouri poked residence from shut vary after Everton did not take care of a counter-attack within the fifth minute of stoppage-time.
Third backside Wolves now sit just one level behind fourth backside Everton, whose supervisor Frank Lampard is beneath rising strain.
Rayan Ait-Nouri of Wolverhampton Wanderers celebrates with Jose Sa and teammates after scoring.Source: Getty ImagesRayan Ait-Nouri of Wolverhampton Wanderers celebrates after scoring the workforce’s second aim.Source: Getty Images
MAGPIES INTO SECOND
Newcastle are three factors forward of Tottenham as their surprising push for a prime 4 end gathers tempo.
The Magpies, revitalised by boss Eddie Howe since their Saudi-backed takeover, have been forward with lower than three minutes on the clock when Chris Wood transformed a penalty awarded for Daniel Amartey’s foul on Joelinton.
Newcastle doubled their lead in chic style within the sixth minute as Miguel Almiron performed a one-two with Bruno Guimaraes and slotted previous Danny Ward for his eighth aim in his final eight league video games.
Joelinton headed residence from a nook within the thirty second minute as Newcastle made it six successive league victories — their finest run within the competitors since 2012.
Newcastle at the moment are simply 4 factors behind leaders Arsenal, who host London rivals West Ham afterward Monday.
Southampton slipped to the underside of the desk after a 3-1 residence defeat in opposition to south-coast rivals Brighton.
Adam Lallana headed Brighton in entrance in opposition to his former membership within the 14th minute and Romain Perraud’s personal aim elevated the lead 10 minutes earlier than halftime.
Brighton struck once more early within the second half by way of Solly March’s long-range blast.
James Ward-Prowse diminished the deficit on the rebound after his penalty was saved by Robert Sanchez, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to keep away from defeat in boss Nathan Jones’ first residence league recreation in cost.
Things bought heated in Southampton.Source: Getty Images
Fulham received 3-0 at nine-man Crystal Palace, who had Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins despatched off.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Tim Ream and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored Fulham’s objectives.
It was a troublesome loss for Crystal Palace.Source: Getty Images
