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Kane rediscovers scoring touch as Spurs, Liverpool draw 2-2

Published:Monday | December 20, 2021 | 12:08 AM
Tottenham’s Harry Kane celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the English Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London yesterday.
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Tottenham’s Harry Kane celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during the English Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London yesterday.

LONDON (AP):

Harry Kane scored only his second goal of the Premier League season for Tottenham in an engrossingly wild 2-2 draw with Liverpool yesterday.

Tanguy Ndombele slipped Kane in after Harry Winks had won the ball back. Kane – last season’s top scorer in the league – sent the ball into the far corner in the 13th minute.

Diogo Jota headed Liverpool level in the 35th, and Andrew Robertson nodded the visitors in front from close range in the 69th. Spurs players were furious as they thought Dele Alli was fouled in Liverpool’s penalty area in the build-up, but the appeals were dismissed.

Spurs needed just five minutes to equalise as Alisson Becker made a mess of clearing Harry Winks’ through ball, allowing Son Heung-min to slot into an empty net.

Moments later, Liverpool were reduced to 10 men as Robertson got sent off for a wild kick on Emerson Royal.

Liverpool (41 points) held on, but the dropped points are costly, slipping to three points behind leaders Manchester City (44), who beat Newcastle 4-0. Tottenham (26) are six points behind fourth-place Arsenal (32), but with three games in hand due to coronavirus and snow postponements. Meanwhile coronavirus-hit Chelsea (38) were held 0-0 by Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton.

Daniel Podence had a first-half tap-in ruled out for offside and Leander Dendoncker spurned a glorious chance as Wolves missed opportunities to grab a winner and Chelsea settled for a fourth draw in eight league matches.

Chelsea travelled without at least eight senior players but still managed to field a strong 11. The Blues again struggled for fluency, however, eventually slipping six points behind leaders and defending champions City.

Chelsea said they were left “deeply disappointed” by the Premier League rejecting their request to postpone the Wolves trip, given their rising number of COVID-19 cases.