Harry Kane: The Man Behind Tottenham’s Success

It is perhaps worth recalling the situation in which Tottenham found themselves after the third match of this Champions League group phase. With only one point on the board, even Mauricio Pochettino had practically written them off. “It’s nearly over,” the manager said. “It will be very difficult.”

Look at Spurs now. Their ride into the last 16 came complete with white knuckles but what underpinned their progress to the quarter-final – on a memorable night at the home of the Bundesliga leaders – was calmness and conviction.

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There were anxious moments in a first-half that Borussia Dortmund dominated but with Jan Vertonghen imperious in central defence and Hugo Lloris making a couple of excellent saves as well as several decent ones, they kept the home side at bay.

The worry had been that one Dortmund goal would set the alarm bells ringing after Spurs set out to protect a 3-0 first-leg lead. It did not happen. And when Harry Kane ran through on goal after 49 minutes to display his world-class finishing touch, Pochettino’s team could coast into the last eight of Europe’s elite club competition for only the third time in their history.

Kane’s nerveless effort also took him to the top of Spurs’s all-time European scoring list with 24 goals. He has 14 in 17 Champions League games, too – a phenomenal ratio that bears comparison with the very best.

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