Kane scores winner as Spurs keep in touch with EPL top 4
Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane attempts a shot on goal, during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in London, Saturday April 8, 2023. Credit: AP/Zac Goodwin
LONDON — Harry Kane scored his 23rd English Premier League goal to earn Tottenham a 2-1 win over top-four rival Brighton on Saturday in a match that saw both managers sent off after a touchline scuffle.
Tottenham's Cristian Stellini and Brighton's Roberto De Zerbi — both Italians — were dismissed from the dugouts and escorted down the tunnel by the time Kane ran onto a cutback from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and found the corner of the net with a fierce drive in the 79th minute.
Kane, England's captain, has scored in six straight games for club and country, and is still in striking distance of Manchester City's Erling Haaland in the race to be top scorer in the league.
Son Heung-min gave Tottenham the lead in the 10th minute with a curler into the top corner for his 100th league goal and Lewis Dunk equalized with a header from a corner in the 34th.
Kaoru Mitoma and Alexis Mac Allister had goals disallowed for Brighton for handball.
Tottenham stayed in fifth place, three points behind both third-placed Newcastle and fourth-placed Manchester United having played one game more.
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