Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Harry Kane scored his 250th goal for Tottenham as they moved top of the Premier League with a hard-fought win over Wolves.

The England forward reacted sharply to head in Ivan Perisic's flick on from a corner to give Spurs their reward for their second-half dominance.

Kane's effort also saw the hosts become the fifth team to score 1,000 goals at home since the Premier League was formed in 1992.

The goal had been coming with both the 29-year-old and his strike partner Son Heung-min hitting the woodwork as Spurs poured forward to break the deadlock.

The intensity of their football was in complete contrast to the first period, when a Wolves team containing seven Portuguese players - the joint-most from a single foreign nation in a starting XI in the competition - were in the ascendancy.

Bruno Lage's side restricted the hosts to just one 45th-minute effort and were unfortunate to see record signing Matheus Nunes nod Ruben Neves' probing pass inches wide of the Spurs goal.

However, despite the promise of Nunes' display and the neat and tidy football which saw them develop several good openings, Wolves lacked a spark in the final third as their winless top-flight run reached 10 matches.

More to follow.

Player of the match

PerisicIvan Perisic

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves

Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá

Squad number4Player nameCollins

Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes

Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho

Squad number23Player nameKilman

Squad number9Player nameJiménez

Squad number17Player nameGonçalo Guedes

Squad number7Player namePedro Neto

Squad number19Player nameJonny

Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo

Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence

Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri

Squad number32Player nameDendoncker

Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-Chan

Squad number37Player nameTraoré

Line-ups

Tottenham

Formation 3-4-2-1

1Lloris

6D Sánchez15Dier33Davies

12Emerson Royal5Højbjerg30Bentancur14Perisic

21Kulusevski7Son Heung-Min

10Kane

Substitutes

Wolves

Formation 3-5-2

1Malheiro de Sá

19Castro Otto4Collins23Kilman

7Neto27Nunes8Neves28João Moutinho3Aït-Nouri

10Podence17Gonçalo Guedes

Substitutes

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Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

Attempt missed. Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yves Bissouma.

Attempt saved. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Kane.

Attempt blocked. Hwang Hee-Chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Davinson Sánchez.

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Davinson Sánchez.

Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Yves Bissouma replaces Dejan Kulusevski.

Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Emerson Royal.

Attempt blocked. Jonny (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rúben Neves.

Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Gonçalo Guedes.

Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur).

Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Ivan Perisic.

Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Richarlison replaces Son Heung-Min.

Attempt missed. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.

Foul by Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur).

Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Attempt blocked. Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.

Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nélson Semedo replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri.

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