Harry Kane doesn’t need trophies at Tottenham to prove his greatness

The England captain’s brilliance kept Tottenham in the Champions League during the years of austerity on the pitch

This was Harry’s game, Harry’s day. And also, in an agreeable piece of irony – football really does love this stuff – Arsenal’s day, although we can perhaps draw a veil over that for now.

At the final whistle of this 1-0 defeat of Manchester City the Tottenham players stayed out, trophy ceremony style, for an on-field moment with Harry Kane as he celebrated passing Jimmy Greaves’ all-time club scoring record.