Harry Kane: England’s brilliant captain regains his form

Whatever his travails at club level, Kane is still England’s ‘leading light’

Harry Kane scored four in England’s 10-0 win over San Marino
Harry Kane scored four in England’s 10-0 win over San Marino
(Image credit: Eddie Keogh/The FA via Getty Images)

Whatever his travails at club level, Harry Kane is still England’s “leading light”, said Henry Winter in The Times. When he’s at his best, Gareth Southgate’s team generally performs well too. That was certainly the case with England’s World Cup qualifier against Albania last Friday. England produced one of their best recent performances to demolish their opponents 5-0, an occasion “lit up” by a superb hat-trick from the Tottenham player.

Kane, in fact, scored a “perfect hat-trick”, said Barney Ronay in The Guardian: a goal with his head, and one with each foot. Gone was the disconsolate air he sometimes projects, of an “old, damp faithful hound dutifully tramping the moors”. Instead, he was “thrillingly urgent” as he careered about, “head held high, blue socks pumping the turf”.

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