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Tom Doyle

Harry Kane dedicates Tottenham win to Serge Aurier following death of defender's brother

Harry Kane dedicated Tottenham's win at Newcastle United to Serge Aurier after the defender played for Spurs just two days after the death of his brother.

Christopher Aurier, 27, was shot dead outside a nightclub in Toulouse in the early hours of Monday morning and French police are searching for his killer.

Serge, who played in the north London derby win over Arsenal just hours before the incident, did not train on Monday, and the club gave him the option of returning to France on compassionate leave.

However, Aurier opted to play for Spurs at St James' Park on Wednesday night, completing the full 90 minutes of the 3-1 win.

(Pool via REUTERS)

Kane scored twice - the first of which brought up his 200th club goal - and Heung-min Son also netted to boost Jose Mourinho's hopes of Europa League qualification.

After the game, Kane tweeted: "That win was for you [Serge]. Very proud to reach 200 club goals. On to the next 200," and swiftly received the approval of his manager.

Mourinho said: "He's a young guy. Two hundred goals at his age with the remaining years that he has in front of him, it's very normal that he speaks about, 'Let's go for 200 more'.

"He's a goalscorer, he's a young guy. He has a lot in front of him, so let's go for 200 more, I'm with him."

Of Aurier, Mourinho said: "[He] is a very strong character, every person is different and in his case he wanted to play."

Aurier will now return to France tomorrow to see his mother.

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