How Harry Kane’s perfect performance led to a dressing-room inquest at Manchester City

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Work-rate

“I was really sad at the start of the season when he wasn’t scoring goals and people were talking,” said Son. “He was playing for the team and you could see that in this game he was working hard and was with the defenders.”

Kane does plenty of hard work in Spurs’ own half, linking play as his team look to counter-attack. While he picks and chooses when to sprint, he is rarely stationary and runs across the pitch just in front of the opponent’s defence, which is an important function for the Conte’s team.

He troubled City with the number of headers he won from long or medium passes and also engaged in duels with opponents. The three recoveries he made when he won back the ball also points to his work-rate.

It capped a performance that was fit for the Champions League and that is where he wants to be next season. This win, he hopes, will give them momentum to go forward, with their next match on Wednesday against Burnley.

“It’ll definitely give us a lift. We can’t just put in one-off performances like this, it needs to be consistently game after game. It’s about learning, but it’ll definitely give everyone a boost. Hopefully we can take that into Wednesday’s game,” Kane said.

“We have high standards of ourselves and we’ve got ourselves in a position where we can really fight for the top four. Football’s about bouncing back. We can’t get too high or too low. The performance today shows we’re fighting to the end. Hopefully we can use it as momentum going forward.”

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