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Harry Kane: Tottenham striker moves closer to Alan Shearer's Premier League goals record

Only Alan Shearer now stands in Harry Kane's way of Premier League history.

The Tottenham striker scored his 209th goal in a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday to surpass Manchester United and Everton legend Wayne Rooney and become the outright second-highest goalscorer in the competition.

Remarkably, he has reached that tally in just 317 appearances - 174 fewer games than it took Rooney to score 208.

Shearer's long-standing record of 260 goals, which has gone untouched since his retirement in 2006, is now in the 29-year-old England captain's sights.

Indeed, Palace manager Roy Hodgson, Kane's former England boss, said Shearer needs to be "concerned".