KANE GIVES

Priceless contributions from Harry and Son bring Poch a much-needed victory and a crucial foothold in Europe

ROY KEANE seems to believe Ed Woodward should just rock up at Daniel Levy’s door and pay him what he wants for Harry Kane. Simple as that.

Levy should tell Keane – and anyone else who wants to know – that Kane is priceless.

Not that there are many out there who do not know that already.

Kane has scored and will score many goals much more spectacular than his first here and the one which prompted this Spurs triumph.

But his well-executed, flicked header flushed the anxiety out of the stadium and Mauricio Pochettino’s stumbling squad.

And not only did Kane collect his eighth and ninth club goals of the season, he led from the front as a captain should.

Heung-min Son will rightly take acclaim for a brilliantly dynamic, wonderfully clinical contribution that put the smile back on Spurs faces.

He was simply outstanding. But Kane’s unselfish toil, his range of passing, his decoy running and his relentless battering at a beleaguered Belgrade defence underpinned this swaggering win.

And, of course, his unerring eye for goal helps. It helps when a set-piece delivery – on this occasion, an

Erik Lamela corner – is sweet and the marking rotten but it was still a nice leap and peachy header that gave Spurs a ninth-minute lead.

It was a finish as clean as the one from Son that soon followed. Again, it was Lamela’s lovely left peg that laid on the chance and Son’s accomplished, half-volleyed acceptance perfectly symbolised his thrilling contribution to this performance. Maybe Pochettino has become unsure of his best attacking combination but the quartet of Son, Dele Alli, Lamela and Kane must be the most potent. It is only right to put this display in the context of Red Star’s obvious limitations. They have won 10 of their 11 domestic league fixtures but the pace of a very good Premier League team was a little too much for them.

Their haplessness was perfectly crystallised when the otherwise decent Marko Marin inexplicably donated possession to Tanguy Ndombele (left) who sent an obvious but wellweighted pass to Son just before half-time.

Such was Son’s confidence, the finish was a formality even though keeper Milan Borjan