Harry Kane has been a bit of a worry since the Premier League restarted, with some fans, myself included struggling to appreciate just how many months the 26-year-old had been out of action. However, yesterday’s performance against Arsenal was notable improvement, despite the England captain not appearing on the score sheet.
5 SHOTS ON GOAL Harry managed five attempts, of which 4 were on target. This was only the second occasion in our last 9 games that Kane has been so lively.
3/5 AERIAL DUELS Harry’s average rate of successful heading challenges is 37.5%, and yesterday Kane just upped his game to achieve 38%.
4 SUCCESSFUL DRIBBLES Kane’s recent poor form has driven down his dribbling and his average is 45.6%, and against Arsenal Harry hit an impressive 80%
3 INTERCEPTIONS this is an area in which Harry came close to doubling his average (1.7) to 3 against the Gunners.
Improvement with players coming back from injury – particularly at Tottenham – can be slow work, and this game gave us the first glimpse of Harry getting back into the groove.
Real talk east stand
Thoughts with Serge today. Loss is terrible for any family. Football doesn’t matter at a time like that.