Tottenham had been second-best in the first half at Craven Cottage but Kane produced a trademark finish on the stroke of halftime to notch his 266th goal for the Londoners.
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The England captain struck a sublime winner with 50 minutes on the clock to see off the determined League One side, registering his 265th goal in Tottenham colours.
Kane levelled by converting a second-half penalty against France in Qatar in the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
He was admitted to hospital last week, with a previous report claiming that he had been moved to end-of-life care.
Kane – making his 400th appearance for the North London club – stepped up to the penalty spot after 59 minutes to put Antonio Conte’s men in the ascendancy, and a deflected finish from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the dying embers completed the job for Spurs.
The pressure was on Antonio Conte’s side going into the match, picking up just one point across their previous two Champions League matches.
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Kane gave his side the lead early as he found the bottom left corner from just outside the box in the fifth minute.
The England captain scored his 250th goal for Tottenham and his 185th Premier League goal, taking him ahead of Sergio Aguero and making the highest scoring one-club man in the competition’s 30 year history.
Kane has won three Golden Boot awards in the English top-flight: 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2020/2021.
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Kane registered three goals and an assist in his five Premier League appearances for Spurs last month and broke the record with Son Heung-min for the most goal combinations in the history of the competition in the 4-0 thumping of Leeds United at Elland Road.
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The fans had made their way to Burnley for the game, only for the fixture to be called off.
Newcastle, spurred on by a buoyant atmosphere in their first game since being taken over by a Saudi Arabia-led consortium, flew out of the traps and went ahead after just 108 seconds when Callum Wilson headed in from a Javi Manquillo cross.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were blown away 3-1 by Arsenal in the most recent North London derby, while Dean Smith’s side claimed a famous 1-0 win at Old Trafford.
Spurs left London for the first leg of their Europa Conference League play-off on Wednesday but the 28-year-old was not part of the group.
Kane did not show up for pre-season tests on Monday as expected by Spurs, instead remaining on holiday in the Bahamas before travelling to Florida.
Kane is understood to want to leave Spurs and did not report back for pre-season training this week.