Kane awarded 25th goal of season after successful appeal

Stoke City's English goalkeeper Jack Butland (R) watches the ball, struck by Tottenham Hotspur's Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen (unseen), roll into his net to score Tottenham's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur at the Bet365 Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, central England on April 7, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Roland Harrison / CORRECTING NAME OF GOAL SCORER The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Roland Harrison has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Stoke City's English goalkeeper Jack Butland (C) watches the ball, struck by Tottenham Hotspur's Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen (unseen), roll into his net to score Tottenham's second goal] instead of [Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane (C) heads the ball past Stoke City's English goalkeeper Jack Butland to score his team's second goal ]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.

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Tottenham striker Harry Kane is now within four goals of tying Mohamed Salah in the Premier League scoring race after being awarded with the winner in last Saturday's 2-1 win over Stoke City.

Kane claimed that Christian Eriksen's free-kick in the 63rd minute at bet365 Stadium had grazed his shoulder on the way into the net, and after submitting an appeal with his team's support, a three-person Premier League panel decided to award him his 25th goal of the season.

Just looking 👀 at the Analysis & it looks like it touches Harry Kane’s shoulder to me. Former Liverpool player @JARiiseOfficial joins @benshephard later time of 12 midday @GoalsOnSunday 👍 pic.twitter.com/n338U2SJ8W
— Chris Kamara (@chris_kammy) April 8, 2018

"I swear on my daughter's life that I touched the ball, but there's nothing I can do," Kane said after the match. "If they turn it around, they turn it around. If they take my word, they take my word."

Eriksen added: "He celebrated like it was his goal so I will have to take his word for it."

Salah, whose 29 goals have fired Liverpool to third in the Premier League standings, wasn't too pleased with the news: