Premier League: Harry Kane double lifts Tottenham Hotspur over Nottingham Forest, West Ham sink Aston Villa

Harry Kane has missed a penalty, but scored twice to surpass 200 league goals in his career and give Tottenham Hotspur a 2-0 victory at Nottingham Forest that keeps up their strong start to the English Premier League season.

Forest made the early running, before Spurs' prolific striker silenced the crowd with a low fifth-minute strike from inside the penalty area.

Later, Kane uncharacteristically missed a penalty, before making amends with a close-range header in the 81st minute. That was his 201st club goal - 187 in the Premier League, nine in the Championship and five in League One.

Spurs' third victory in four games, plus one draw, leaves them third in the Premier League on 10 points - two behind north London rivals Arsenal, who have had a flawless start.

Roared on at a raucous City Ground that waited 23 years for top-flight football to return this year, Forest had plenty of possession and chances. Lewis O'Brien forced a smart save, while Morgan Gibbs-White shot just over the bar.

But Spurs are the counterattack masters, and both Kane and strike partner Son Heung-min could have struck more.

The result left Forest 13th on four points.

Pablo Fornals of West Ham United celebrates after scoring their side's first goal.
Pablo Fornals of West Ham United celebrates after scoring their side's first goal. Photo credit: Getty Images

Meanwhile, West Ham United have opened their Premier League goals and points account for the season, as a deflected effort by Pablo Fornals sealed a 1-0 victory at Aston Villa.

The Spaniard took aim from 25m in the 74th minute and his effort looped in, after hitting Villa's Ezri Konsa.

The goal was reward for an improved second-half performance by West Ham, who offered little before the break.

Villa were hardly much better in a turgid first half, although they did have the ball in the net early, when Konsa was on the end of a Lucas Digne corner, but the ball was adjudged to have gone out of play.

The victory lifted West Ham off the foot of the table into 17th place with three points, the same as Villa.

Had they lost without scoring, West Ham would have become only the second team in the Premier League era not to register a goal or a point in their opening four fixtures, the other being Crystal Palace in 2017/18.

Allan Saint-Maximin struck a thunderous volley in the final minute to rescue a point for Newcastle United in a 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Ruben Neves broke the deadlock in the 38th minute, rifling a shot from distance through the legs of Joe Willock and into the net to cap off a brilliant move that shifted from one wing to the other.

Newcastle's Fabian Schar had to endure a lengthy video review at the start of the second half, after a foul on Pedro Neto, but the defender was allowed to stay on the pitch, despite a high challenge that left Neto needing treatment.

Raul Jimenez looked to set the home side up for their first win of the season, when he put the ball in the net in the 81st minute, but the effort was ruled out after a video review found Pedro Neto had fouled Ryan Fraser in the build-up.

Newcastle dominated possession in the second half, but the Wolves defence did a good job of stifling their attacking flair, with winger Saint-Maximin looking a shadow of the player who had been their greatest attacking threat this season.

That all changed, when he smashed in a volley from the edge of the area and they almost grabbed all three points from a stoppage-time corner, but substitute Elliot Anderson's header struck the crossbar.

Saint-Maximin's goal secured a draw that maintained Newcastle's unbeaten start to the season and left them in seventh place on six points.

Reuters