LONDON — Christian Eriksen has scored after 10.5 seconds for Tottenham against Manchester United for the Premier League’s third fastest goal. The fastest goal in the Premier League was netted after 9.9 seconds by Tottenham’s Ledley King against Bradford in 2000. Alan Shearer scored the next fastest goal after 10.4 seconds for Newcastle against Manchester City. British broadcaster BT, which was filming Wednesday’s Tottenham game, recorded Eriksen’s goal as being 0.1 seconds slower than Shearer’s. ——This story has been corrected to show that Eriksen’s goal is the third fastest based on new timings.

Source: National Post January 31, 2018 20:33 UTC