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Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min have set a new Premier League record after combining for Tottenham’s final goal in their 4-0 rout of Leeds United.
Having scored Spurs’ third in the first half, Kane dropped an exquisite pass over the top of Leeds’ floundering defence in the 85th minute, with Son racing through before finishing coolly.
It was the 37th time that the Spurs duo have directly combined for a Premier League goal since Son’s move from Bayer Leverkusen in August 2015.
That surpassed the long-standing English top-flight record set by Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba during their time together at Chelsea.
It was also the 20th time they have directly combined away from home in the Premier League; their nearest challengers being Thierry Henry and Freddie Ljungberg’s tally of 16 combinations.
The landmark moment came almost five-and-a-half years after their first successful link-up against Stoke City in September 2016.
In fact, there are only five player combinations that have produced over 25 goals since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992.
Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min – 37, Tottenham Hotspur (2015-present)
After they combined on Wednesday, Kane and Son have now scored 231 goals between them since the start of the 2015-16 season.
In 2020-21, they directly linked up 14 times; a record tally for a single Premier League campaign.
Last season also saw the England captain win the last of three Golden Boot awards, while he topped the assists chart and Son reached goalscoring double figures for a fifth successive year.
Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba – 36, Chelsea (2004-2012)
A combination that helped bring three Premier League titles to Stamford Bridge, Lampard and Drogba were central to Chelsea’s success at the beginning of the Roman Abramovich era.
After arriving from Marseille in 2004, the powerful presence of Drogba landed two Golden boots that included an impressive haul of 29 during the 2009-10 season.
That year also saw the prolific Lampard chip in with 22 from midfield as the Blues claimed a third domestic crown in seven campaigns.
Thierry Henry and Robert Pires – 29, Arsenal (2000-2006)
Providing flair on the wing and elegance up front, the iconic French duo brought two Premier League titles to Highbury during the early 2000s.
The second of which came during the ‘Invincibles’ season of 2003-04, when they scored 44 goals between them as the Gunners completed the campaign without defeat.
Henry won four Golden Boots in the space of five years, while Pires reached double figures in three successive seasons.
Sergio Aguero and David Silva – 29, Manchester City (2011-2020)
The mercurial skills of Silva and clinical finishing of Aguero was always going to provide a recipe for success at City.
Indeed, their combination went on a long way to securing four Premier League titles in the space of nine seasons at the Etihad.
They also left their mark individually. Aguero scored 184 times in the English top flight – a tally only bettered by Alan Shearer (260), Wayne Rooney (208) and Andy Cole (187) – while just five players have recorded more assists than Silva’s 93.
Teddy Sheringham and Darren Anderton – 27, Tottenham (1992-1997, 2001-2003)
While they did not land any domestic silverware, Sheringham and Anderton formed part of an exciting attacking Spurs line-up during the mid-1990s that also featured the likes of Jurgen Klinsmann.
Sheringham top-scored in the inaugural Premier League season of 1992-93 with 22 goals, while he also reached double figures in the following three years.
The two linked up for goals 27 times in the top flight, notably assisting each other in an entertaining 4-3 win at Sheffield Wednesday on the opening day of the 1994-95 campaign – and what was Klinsmann’s Spurs debut.
