Remember when Harry Kane just could not score a goal in August? It seems a long time ago now.
The England captain has scored at least 17 goals in each of the past five Premier League seasons, but failed to find the net in the first 14 games he played in the month of August - a run that lasted for 1,065 minutes over five seasons.
Nothing lasts forever and that streak ended on the opening weekend of last season when he scored in the 3-1 win over Fulham on 18 August 2018, and again nine days later in a 3-0 win at Manchester United.
There is to be no August angst this year either as Kane scored twice in the final four minutes on Saturday as Spurs fought back from a goal down to defeat Aston Villa 3-1 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
However, it was no surprise that he found the back of the net against Villa as he has now scored six times in six appearances against them.
Tottenham have also won 37 Premier League games after finding themselves behind at half-time - more than any other side.
Kane could still do with boosting that goal-to-game ratio in August, though, as it remains his worst month for scoring. Manchester City and Newcastle are the other sides he could face this month.
Sterling work from Sterling
It was also a good weekend for Kane's England colleague Raheem Sterling, who scored a hat-trick as champions Manchester City began their campaign by thumping West Ham 5-0 at London Stadium.
He became the eighth player to score a hat-trick on the opening weekend of a Premier League campaign, but the first since Didier Drogba grabbed a treble in Chelsea's 6-0 win over West Brom at the start of 2010-11.
Sterling's second goal was his 50th in the league for City as he became the sixth player to reach the milestone for the club after Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez, David Silva and Edin Dzeko.
It also lifted Sterling up to equal 25th in the list of Premier League hat-trick scorers, but he has got a long way to go to match Aguero and Alan Shearer's total of 11.
Sterling's treble was the 24th Premier League hat-trick by a City player, lifting the club up to joint fourth in that list, but still 15 behind Arsenal and Liverpool.
dupabilopy
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Yahhhhhh man
FazzieD-Muse
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If Footballers were X-men Mutants... Then Gaurdiola is the Apocalypto... He amplifies your qualities
koaeiklotu
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oh win the league.. we are short of 2 players as i said... if we had them we had a chance but it's tough now
ok.
loneavenger
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win the league amidst Tottenham city Liverpool
oh win the league.. we are short of 2 players as i said... if we had them we had a chance but it's tough now
koaeiklotu
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What do you mean by carry the league?
wn the league
koaeiklotu
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Spurs will be good this season...That have players to all positions and have back ups too...City as always did well..Pool had played well against Norwich and they are looking good too.. Arsenal we didn't saw the best players this week so can't predict with this week performance alone ..Chelsea played well last night if they work on their defense they will get better...United did well and as a fan i hope we do well and make top 4
win the league amidst Tottenham city Liverpool
loneavenger
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ok so you are saying man u cannot carry the league🤷
What do you mean by carry the league?
koaeiklotu
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oh will see how it goes..i always go step by step for me top 4 finish should be our target this season...we are short of 2 players.. striker and midfielder..if we got that i could have said different
ok so you are saying man u cannot carry the league🤷
loneavenger
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man u of course
oh will see how it goes..i always go step by step for me top 4 finish should be our target this season...we are short of 2 players.. striker and midfielder..if we got that i could have said different
koaeiklotu
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Spurs will be good this season...That have players to all positions and have back ups too...City as always did well..Pool had played well against Norwich and they are looking good too.. Arsenal we didn't saw the best players this week so can't predict with this week performance alone ..Chelsea played well last night if they work on their defense they will get better...United did well and as a fan i hope we do well and make top 4
man u of course
loneavenger
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see you are saying you are sure they cannot carry the league 😉
who cannot?
koaeiklotu
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Spurs will be good this season...That have players to all positions and have back ups too...City as always did well..Pool had played well against Norwich and they are looking good too.. Arsenal we didn't saw the best players this week so can't predict with this week performance alone ..Chelsea played well last night if they work on their defense they will get better...United did well and as a fan i hope we do well and make top 4
top 4
koaeiklotu
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Spurs will be good this season...That have players to all positions and have back ups too...City as always did well..Pool had played well against Norwich and they are looking good too.. Arsenal we didn't saw the best players this week so can't predict with this week performance alone ..Chelsea played well last night if they work on their defense they will get better...United did well and as a fan i hope we do well and make top 4
see you are saying you are sure they cannot carry the league 😉
loneavenger
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Spurs will be good this season...That have players to all positions and have back ups too...City as always did well..Pool had played well against Norwich and they are looking good too.. Arsenal we didn't saw the best players this week so can't predict with this week performance alone ..Chelsea played well last night if they work on their defense they will get better...United did well and as a fan i hope we do well and make top 4
teoisty
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Heaton the good keeper
hetekmostu
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that was owesome
Spartacus_Aye419
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Some of these Players CUMs in and Score within 15-20 Seconds. I know girls who won't like that cos they love Players like Benzema who will play a whole 90 minutes without Scoring