Kane, Son Equal Premier League Record Held By Drogba, Lampard

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Tottenham Hotspur brilliant duo of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min have equalled a Premier League record set by Chelsea >legends Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard during Saturday’s pulsating 3-2 win over Manchester City.

Antonio Conte’s side had lost three on the bounce in the top flight before travelling to the home of the champions but stunned the Etihad crowd into silence, with Son bagging two assists while Kane scored twice.

The two attackers developed a clinical partnership for Spurs in the 2020-21 season, and Son once again set up his counterpart on Saturday, with his cross finding Kane’s boot for Tottenham’s second on the night.

In doing so, Son and Kane combined for a 36th goal in the Premier League, equalling the record set by Lampard and Drogba during their Chelsea careers.

Kane has also ended a barren run of nine games without a goal against Pep Guardiola’s men stretching back to 2016, barely a day after the City boss revealed that his side saw four bids for the England captain rejected over the summer.

Tottenham have risen above Wolverhampton Wanderers into seventh in the table following Saturday’s win – three points adrift of North London rivals Arsenal.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.