HARRIED KANE
With the clock running down on Harry’s move to City he’s booked on return... FOR TIME-WASTING!
WITH the clock ticking on his dream transfer to Manchester City, how ironic that Harry Kane was booked for time-wasting on his Tottenham return.
Time is the one thing Kane does not have, with just eight days to secure his move to the Etihad.
Kane’s yellow card as he ran down the clock on Tottenham’s win at Molineux at least shows he remains committed to the Spurs cause for now.
The England striker made his first appearance of the season after a turbulent summer, springing from the bench with 18 minutes to go, and helped Spurs see out the game to maintain their winning start to the Premier League.
He went over to the Spurs fans after the final whistle and applauded them in what perhaps was in his mind a final goodbye.
After taunting him at the end of last Sunday’s win over City by chanting “Are you watching
Harry Kane?”, the supporters were in more generous mood and clapped back.
He then disappeared down the tunnel on his own, while Spurs supremo Daniel
Levy (below), the man who continues to block his move to City, looked on.
While Kane’s return was the main takeaway from this game, manager Nuno Espirito Santo enjoyed a winning return to Molineux, and the rejuvenated Dele Alli scored his first league goal since March 2020. Nuno, who left the West Midlands at the end of last season, clearly bears no grudge and was magnanimous in victory.
He knows Spurs were somewhat fortunate to win because Wolves enjoyed more possession, territory and shots. Nuno had Hugo Lloris to thank – the Spurs captain stood tall on his 300th appearance for the club, making a couple of important saves in the second half.
Wolves boss Bruno Lage and his players, who deserved more than a second defeat, played well enough to suggest they will start winning soon.
Tottenham took the lead in the ninth minute when Sergio Reguilon played in Alli, who was chopped down by Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa before converting the spot-kick.
Adama Traore (right) was unplayable at times and, from one
thrust, Joao Moutinho backheeled his pull-back for Raul Jimenez to shoot just over. It was all Wolves. Jimenez also had an effort deflected wide, Ruben Neves a volley saved, and Nelson Semedo a penalty shout waved away by referee Stuart Attwell.
Lloris’ saves became better as Wolves got closer.
The Frenchman made a smart stop to deny Semedo before making an even better one to thwart Traore when Neves had played him clean through.
That miss summed up the frustration of Traore, who still lacks an end product at times.
A quick nod from Nuno heralded
Kane’s introduction, to chants of “Harry Kane, he’s one of us” from the Spurs fans.
Kane nearly marked his return with a goal – his right-foot shot was blocked by Sa following good work by midfielder Steven Bergwijn.
Sa made a finer save to deny Eric Dier’s glancing header from close range as Tottenham finally showed some attacking intent.
Wolves still pressed, only to be denied again by Lloris when he plucked Fabio Siva’s header from underneath the crossbar.
Time ran out for Wolves – and it may do too for Kane.