The hosts had put on a strong showing throughout the scoreless first half, but Kane's two goals in the first five minutes of the second half changed the tide. The visitors increased their lead thanks to goals from Matt Doherty and Son Heung-min, and they also won for the first time since the Premier League restarted following the World Cup break. With his two goals, Kane has now scored 264 goals for Tottenham, just two short of Jimmy Greaves' club record. His first goal also snapped a sequence of 10 straight games in which Spurs gave up the opening goal.
Jordan Ayew was the recipient of a pass from Michael Olise inside the box, but the forward was unable to get a shot off before the ball rolled out. Michael Olise had assisted on both goals in Palace's 2-0 win at Bournemouth.