Son, Kane goals return Spurs to the top

Harry Kane believes both he and attacking partner, Son Heung-min, are entering the prime of their careers after their goals helped Tottenham overcome arch-rivals, Arsenal to return Spurs to the top of the Premier League table.

The deadly double act were at the heart of another impressive win and both were on the scoresheet as Jose Mourinho’s side took control of the game by the interval.

Son and Kane have now combined for 31 Premier League goals, the second most of any duo behind former Chelsea players Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard 36.

Spurs fans were back inside their vast stadium for the first time in 277 days and were celebrating after only 13 minutes when Son took Kane’s pass, advancing on the retreating Arsenal defence before curling a magnificent right-foot finish beyond diving Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno from 25 yards.

Arsenal dominated possession in the first half but it was Spurs who had the ruthless, clinical edge as they caught the Gunners on the break in stoppage time, Son repaying the compliment by playing in Kane for an unstoppable finish off the underside of the crossbar for his 11th north London derby goal and the 250th of his career for clubs and country.

Mikel Arteta’s side, who lost Thomas Partey to injury right on half-time, showed a little more threat after the break but Spurs closed out the win with relative ease to return to the Premier League summit.

Wilfred Zaha again underlined his importance to Crystal Palace as they took advantage of the controversial dismissal of Matheus Pereira to claim their first points in three games with a rout at West Brom.

Wilfried Zaha returned to inspire Crystal Palace to a 5-1 demolition of 10-man West Brom.

The star forward grabbed a brace on his comeback after recovering from Coronavirus, as Palace scored five away from home in the Premier League for the first time.

Christian Benteke also netted twice after Darnell Furlong’s own goal put the visitors ahead at The Hawthorns.

Conor Gallagher levelled in the first half before Matheus Pereira’s controversial first-half red card allowed the Eagles to take control.

They climbed to 11th but inflicted more Premier League misery on the Baggies, who remain in the bottom three.

Eberechi Eze got an assist in the game why Semi Ajayi could do little to safe his side from the humiliation.

Jamie Vardy struck a 90th-minute winner to grab Leicester a 2-1 victory at Sheffield United, leaving Chris Wilder’s men in all sorts of trouble in the Premier League

Ayoze Perez fired Leicester in front (24) after seizing upon a deflected shot by Marc Albrighton but Oli McBurnie scored his first goal of the season minutes later (26), heading in from a corner.

Leicester’s performance tailed off in the second period but they could have had the game wrapped up as both Vardy and James Maddison hit the post in the first half.

The Blades were minutes away from their second point of the season but Vardy, who grew up a Sheffield Wednesday fan, raced clear from a Maddison pass with one of the last attacks of the game and grabbed maximum points for the Foxes.

Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho were introduced for the Foxes in the 69th minute.

Liverpool moved level on points with Tottenham at the top of the Premier League as they put on a show at Anfield for their returning supporters with a 4-0 victory over Wolves.

The lucky fans in the ground on Sunday evening saw the champions played in the flesh for the first time since their Premier League title win in June, and they weren’t disappointed.

Mohamed Salah pounced on Conor Coady’s error to open the scoring in the first half before goals from Georginio Wijnaldum (58), Joel Matip (67) and a Nelson Semedo own goal sealed the emphatic victory and extended their unbeaten league home record to 65 games.

The three points saw Liverpool, who handed a Premier League debut to goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher in the absence of Alisson Becker, move back up to second in the table, level on 24 points with Spurs, who beat north London rivals Arsenal earlier in the day.

Meanwhile, Wolves stay 10th after suffering a fourth league defeat of the season.