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Harry Kane declared “I always love scoring” after netting his landmark 250th goal for Tottenham in Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Wolves.
The England captain headed in from an Ivan Perisic flick-on in the 64th minute to settle the Premier League clash at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
As well as hitting the 250-goal mark in all competitions, Kane’s goal was his 185th for Spurs in the Premier League, seeing him surpass Manchester City great Sergio Aguero to become the top-scoring player in the division for a single club.
Having only recently turned 29, Kane will be aiming to beat Alan Shearer’s record of 260 Premier League goals, with Andy Cole (187) and Wayne Rooney (208) the only others ranked above him.
Speaking to BT Sport, Kane said: “It’s been a fantastic nine or 10 years in the Premier League.
“Hopefully there are many more years to go. I always love scoring. The most important thing is winning games and we’ve started the season doing that.
“I’ve got to give credit to the boys – they dug deep and got a clean sheet today.”
Kane’s goal was also the 1,000th scored by Tottenham at home in the Premier League, seeing them join Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool in that elite group.
The striker’s headed winner came from one of 11 attempts by Tottenham, compared to 20 from Wolves, who edged the first half but failed to truly test Hugo Lloris.
“Credit to Wolves, they made it difficult,” Kane said. “In the second half we came out with real intensity from the off.
“We created chances and pressed better and got the goal we deserved. We didn’t create too many chances after that, but neither did they.”
Tottenham have started the season unbeaten in their first three Premier League games – the first time they have done so in consecutive campaigns since 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Antonio Conte’s side recovered from going behind to beat Southampton 4-1 in their opener before twice battling back to draw 2-2 with Chelsea.
While Spurs were able to keep out a still-winless Wolves on Saturday, Kane accepts they need to perform with greater purpose at the beginning of games.
“We need to start games better – it was the same against Chelsea,” he said. “We need to improve, but the sign of a good team is winning when you don’t play your best.”
