West Brom 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – as it happened

9.58am EST 09:58

Paul Wilson’s match report

Harry Kane’s late leap sinks West Brom to take Spurs top of the table

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8.57am EST 08:57

Here’s Harry Kane, who has now scored 150 Premier League goals

“The goals always feel better when you win and that was a tough game. We played a lot better in the second half but they were defending for their lives, as we knew they would. It was just about getting that breakthrough and thankfully I got a little header in there. We’re delighted with the three points. There’s a lot of big games to come after the international break but we’re happy to be top of the league. So far, so good.”

8.52am EST 08:52

Full time: West Brom 0-1 Tottenham

Peep peep! Harry Kane’s late goal takes Spurs top of the Premier League, at least for the next couple of hours. It was an extremely hard-fought victory against a determined West Brom side who probably deserved a draw. They should take encouragement from this performance, even though they stay in the relegation zone. Spurs have loftier ambitions – since their opening-weekend defeat they have won five and drawn two in the league.

Updated at 8.53am EST

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90+2 min Diangana’s low cross is cleared by Reguilon at the far post. Phillips was waiting behind him to equalise.

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90 min Kyle Edwards has come on for Jake Livermore. There will be five added minutes.

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That’s so cruel on West Brom. Doherty, in a deep position on the right, floated a cross towards the six-yard line. Johnstone stayed on his line, a decision he’ll surely regret, and Kane nipped in to steer a deft header into the net. That’s a deceptively brilliant finish.

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8.44am EST 08:44

GOAL! West Brom 0-1 Tottenham (Kane 88)

Harry Kane has nicked it for Spurs!

Kane scores the only goal of the game for Spurs Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian Kane celebrtes Photograph: Dave Thompson/Reuters

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8.43am EST 08:43

87 min A couple of corners for West Brom, who haven’t given up hope of a surprise victory. They have worked so hard today.

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83 min: Fine save from Johnstone! That’s the best save of the match. Reguilon angled a sharp low cross to Vinicius on the edge of the area. He whistled a left-footed drive on the turn that was going into the bottom corner until Johnstone plunged to his right to push it away. That’s a terrific stop – not just the reflexes and agility but also the strength of wrist to ensure it didn’t go through him and into the net.

Updated at 8.42am EST

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82 min Son’s near-post corner is flicked towards goal by the head of Alderweireld. It’s straight at Johnstone, though, and he makes a comfortable save.

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80 min A ferocious long-range shot from Kane hits Bartley. It’s all Spurs now.

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78 min A double change for Spurs: Lucas Moura and Carlos Vinicius replace Sissoko and the disappointing Bale. He doesn’t look match-fit just yet.

Bale is substituted as Vinicius comes on Photograph: Peter Powell/Reuters

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8.33am EST 08:33

77 min Lo Celso’s corner is headed away by Bartley. West Brom will be shattered if they lose this because they’ve defended so well.

8.31am EST 08:31

74 min Kane’s free-kick hits the man standing behind the wall, and he drags the rebound wide.

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74 min Lo Celso is fouled on the edge of the area by Ajayi. The free-kick is to the left of centre, and Kane looks very interested.

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71 min: Good save from Lloris! Krovinovic belts an excellent corner towards the far post, where Furlong flicks a header towards the far post. Lloris reacts smartly to push the ball away, and then Grant volleys the rebound wide. That was a decent chance for Grant.

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69 min: Gallagher hits the outside of the post! That was a lovely effort. He received the ball 30 yards from goal, moved away from Sissoko and hit a surprise shot that clipped the outside of the left post. Lloris didn’t move.

Gallagher reacts after hitting the post Photograph: Dave Thompson/Reuters

Updated at 8.32am EST

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69 min “Afternoon Rob,” says Michal. “With City looking unremarkable, Liverpool playing without their most important player, is this season the best chance since Leicester ‘16 for an underdog, like United, Wolves or Spurs, to win the title? Despite their poor recent form OGS’s team will be only three points behind the leaders should they win their game in hand. I reckon there are more twists and turns in this year’s title race.”

Personally I think Liverpool will win it at a canter again. They’ve already come from behind to win three league games, which suggests they are still the mentality monsters of 2019-20. The early season unpredictability has been great fun, though. It used to be like that every season.

Updated at 8.26am EST

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67 min: Lo Celso misses a sitter! Spurs really should be ahead. Kane pulled the ball back from the left towards Reguilon, whose first-time shot was blocked by Bartley in the six-yard box. It rebounded straight to Lo Celso, who belted it well wide from eight yards. He was backpedalling slightly but should still have scored.

Lo Celso shoots wide Photograph: Kieran McManus/BPI/REX/Shutterstock

Updated at 8.30am EST

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65 min “If building Spurs up as title challengers leads to this performance,” says Ian Copestake, “could you please write Liverpool off as ponderous hasbeens this afternoon.”

I’ve already pencilled them in for 12 consecutive titles.

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63 min This is much better from Spurs. Kane drops deep and angles a pass to Son in the inside-left channel. He scoots away from Bartley and hits a low drive that is comfortably saved by Johnstone.

8.19am EST 08:19

62 min Ndombele is limping heavily but he wants to continue. It looks like Bartley accidentally stood on the toes of his left foot.

8.17am EST 08:17

61 min Ndombele went over in the build-up to that Kane chance and has stayed down. It looked innocuous enough, with Bartley running into him from behind, but Ndombele looks in a lot of pain.

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60 min Kane picks up a loose ball on the edge of the area, moves forward and hits a low drive that is crucially blocked by O’Shea.

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8.15am EST 08:15

59 min Reguilon’s awkward, wobbling long-range strike goes straight at Johnstone, who takes no chances and punches it away.

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58 min Doherty pings a flat cross towards Bale, whose stooping header is blocked by Livermore. The pressure is mounting.

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57 min Spurs are getting increasingly frustrated. They’ve been crap today, frankly, though you’d still expect them to find a winner given their attacking quality.

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55 min “Ha, I need to keep up (49th minute),” says Simon McMahon. “News travels slow here, somebody mentioned a new coronavirus to watch out for …”

Wait until you hear about Bobby Ewing’s shower.

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55 min Bale’s deep, inswinging free-kick is headed over by Kane. He was under a lot of pressure, and was falling backwards, so it wasn’t really a chance.

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52 min Bale is flattened by O’Shea, who hurts himself in the process. West Brom’s tackling today has been zestful, though Jose Mourinho might choose a different word.

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50 min Excellent play for Kane, who turns Bartley on the right and lobs a cross towards Bale at the far post. He slides onto the ball but can only poke it well wide; it was a half chance at best.

Updated at 8.06am EST

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49 min “Afternoon Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “If Spurs do win and go top, I’m fully expecting Mourinho to immediately tweet ‘STOP THE LEAGUE’ and declare himself and his team champions. And even if Spurs don’t win the league this season, I’m looking forward to his speech declaring them the winners anyway, if you only count ‘legal’ goals.”

That is so Friday night.

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8.04am EST 08:04

47 min Krovinovic’s outswinging corner is headed a few yards wide by O’Shea. That was a decent chance because he got between two defenders and had a clear jump at the ball.

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46 min Peep peep! West Brom begin the second half. No changes on either side.

7.58am EST 07:58

“Spurs look organised and disciplined, but slow,” says Ron Stack. “Could their schedule be catching up to them?”

I just think it’s been a sluggish performance, and also that West Brom haven’t given Son any space to run into. Spurs could easily snap out of it – they were hopeless at Southampton for 40 minutes and ended up winning 5-2. I bet Jose Mourinho is giving them a brollocking as we speak.

Updated at 7.58am EST

7.46am EST 07:46

Half time: West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Peep peep! So far so good for West Brom, who have frustrated Spurs with a disciplined and vigorous defensive performance. Son missed a great chance at one end, Eric Dier headed off the line at the other. The second half will surely be more eventful.