Harry Kane ends doubts and restarts title race

A title race that had looked a procession for Pep Guardiola’s side is suddenly alive and kicking.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 19: Spurs player Harry Kane celebrates after scoring the third Tottenham goal which is later disallowed during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at Etihad Stadium on February 19, 2022 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

OVER 97 pulsating minutes at the Etihad, Harry Kane helped prove two points beyond all reasonable doubt on Saturday: not only have reports of a decline in his own powers been exaggerated, but so, too, the suggestion that this season’s Premier League title race is all but over.

By the time Kane struck his second, and the game’s fifth, goal of the day five minutes into stoppage time, a title race that had looked a procession for Pep Guardiola’s side as recently as last month, is suddenly alive and kicking.