Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane created history in their win over Manchester City. The Englishman scored the solitary goal of the match and thus broke Jimmy Greaves' record as the highest-scorer for Spurs with 267 goals.
He reached another milestone as Kane is only the third player to score 200 goals in the Premier League, only behind Wayne Rooney (208) and Alan Shearer (260).
Harry Kane scored his first Premier League goal for Tottenham in the 2013-14 season. It was his breakthrough season as the player made 10 league appearances, scoring 3 goals. His first goal came against Sunderland in a 5-1 victory for Spurs.
Throughout the years, Harry Kane has scored goals against almost every opposition in the top-flight of English football. He has scored his 200 PL goals among 32 opponents.
He has scored the most goals against Leicester City, netting 18 times since the Foxes promotion in the 2012-13 season. Among the top-six opponents, Kane has scored 14 goals against their North London rivals Arsenal.
Number of Goals | Premier League Opponents |
18 | Leicester City |
14 | Arsenal, Everton |
11 | Southampton, West Ham United |
10 | Crystal Palace |
9 | Burnley, West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City |
8 | Newcastle, Liverpool |
7 | Aston Villa, Bournemouth |
6 | Norwich, Brighton |
5 | Manchester United, Chelsea, Fulham, Man City |
4 | Wolves, Hull City, Huddersfield Town |
3 | Watford, Sunderland, Swansea, Leeds United |
2 | Sheffield United, QPR, Nottingham Forest |
1 | Cardiff City, Middlesbrough, Brentford |
Harry Kane also became the highest-scoring player for Tottenham in the history of the club. He achieved the tally of 267 goals in 416 appearances. Kane also has 45 European goals to his name in just 73 appearances, and is the only player to have a hat trick in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.
Out of his 267 goals for Spurs, 119 have come from Kane's right foot, while 47 of them have come from his left foot. The 29-year-old has scored 50 goals through headers, while netting 40 times from a set-piece situation.
Competitions | Number of Goals |
Premier League | 200 |
Champions League | 21 |
Europa League | 18 |
Conference League | 6 |
FA Cup | 15 |
League Cup | 7 |
The Tottenham striker also became the quickest player to reach the 200-goal mark in the Premier League. Kane has taken 304 appearances to reach the mark, two less than Alan Shearer (306). Former Manchester United player Wayne Rooney took 462 games to reach the milestone.