Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane combined once again as below-par Tottenham eventually found a way through a stubborn Burnley defence to win 1-0 at Turf Moor on Monday Night Football.
Son scored the winner with Spurs’ first attempt on target in the match on 76 minutes, heading home impressively after Kane’s flick-on from a corner.
Serie A leaders AC Milan dropped their first points of the season, despite a Zlatan Ibrahimovic double, when defiant Roma came from behind three times to draw 3-3.
Ibrahimovic, 39, gave Milan the lead in the second minute before Edin Dzeko headed Roma level 12 minutes later.
Are Tottenham genuine contenders for the Premier League title?
It was the burning question that surfaced in the aftermath of Spurs’ late 1-0 victory at Turf Moor, as Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane combined for the ninth time this season to see off Burnley on Monday Night Football.
For 76 minutes at Turf Moor, Burnley did a fine job of keeping Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son quiet.
Kane, unplayable when dropping into midfield for much of this season, was closely marked every time he received the ball, meaning Son was largely starved of service as a result. It seemed Sean Dyche had figured out how to stifle Spurs.
Tottenham’s Harry Kane assisted Heung-Min Son once again to secure three points at Burnley and top the form chart for a second week running.
The pair are neck-and-neck atop the rankings but Kane edges his team-mate with a superior goal contribution – having now notched eight assists this term, of which seven have teed up Son.
Juventus were held to another 1-1 draw in Serie A on Sunday while Real Sociedad went top of La Liga with a 4-1 win against Huesca.
Juventus substitute Dejan Kulusevski rescued a point for the champions in their 1-1 draw at home to Hellas Verona.
Andrea Favilli produced a remarkable six-minute cameo for
Jose Mourinho says free-scoring Tottenham are nowhere near his record-breaking Real Madrid team just yet.
Spurs have scored 31 goals in their last nine games in all competitions with Harry Kane and Heung-min Son leading their attack. Mourinho’s La Liga-winning Real Madrid side scored 121 goals on their way to the title in 2011/12, accumulating 100 points and conceding 32 goals.
Mikel Arteta was left bemused as to why Alexandre Lacazette’s early goal was disallowed in Arsenal’s defeat to Leicester.
The Gunners suffered their first home defeat to the Foxes in 47 years as Jamie Vardy came off the bench to seal a late 1-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium.
„I signed for Crystal Palace when I was eight and my goal was always to be a footballer. When your mindset is that goal, you can’t fail. I lived, breathed and ate football. There was nothing else and I thought there’s no way I can fail.“
There have been plenty of obstacles thrown in Wilfried Zaha’s path since he started kicking a ball around south London as a kid,
Ajax set a new Eredivisie record by thrashing 10-man VVV-Venlo 13-0 on Saturday.
Lassina Traore scored five goals as Ajax shrugged off their midweek Champions League defeat by Liverpool to move back top of the table.
