LONDON (Reuters) – A contested Harry Kane penalty on the stroke of halftime gave Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 Premier League win over relegation-threatened Burnley on Sunday, shifting Antonio Conte’s crew into a Champions League qualification place.
Spurs climbed above North London rivals Arsenal into fourth on 68 factors from 37 video games — the Gunners are on 66 from 36 matches and might return to the top four in the event that they win at Newcastle United on Monday.
Tottenham dominated the opening 20 minutes however Burnley’s makeshift defence held agency with Nick Pope making a number of key saves and the guests went shut when Maxwel Cornet compelled a tremendous cease from Hugo Lloris.
But in stoppage time earlier than the interval, referee Kevin Friend was despatched to the monitor to overview a handball incident and dominated that the arm of Ashley Barnes had been in an “unnatural place” when the ball struck it.
Kane drilled the spot0kick into the underside nook however Burnley’s protests continued after the halftime whistle with indignant exchanges within the tunnel.
Pope made two excellent saves after the break to maintain out Son Heung-min whereas Barnes struck the submit for Burnley with a thundering drive from distance.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, Editing by Ed Osmond)
