It is a part of the game people don't like but in our dressing room, if my forward [does that] we are there to win leagues, win games."

They stood at Goodison ready to rue the Monday evening on which Everton were given motive, opportunity and means to pull themselves clear of doom and chose self-implosion instead. But sometimes you just have to doff your cap to your opponent and admit when you are beaten. Everton are not the self-implosion champions of this league, after all. Tottenham are in town; let them show you how the professionals do it. As long as he stays in England, Kane is sure to eclipse Shearer’s EPL goal record. (Especially if he joins the likes of Man City along the way, or stays with Tottenham.) The England captain's goal looked like giving Cristian Stellini a winning start as interim manager in Tottenham's first game since Antonio Conte exited the club by mutual consent. Cristian Stellini, the Spurs acting head coach, also stated what everyone on the pitch knew to be true. “Doucouré’s hand was clearly in the face. I was very close to the situation and it was a clear red card.” Jamie Carragher and Danny Murphy were both critical of Kane’s role in getting Doucouré sent-off, leading the criticism of what appeared to be an overreaction.

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Carragher’s former Liverpool teammate Danny Murphy held a similar view, saying on talkSport: “Not enough to send him on the floor, he’s embarrassing himself. Why’s he gone over like that stitching someone up? Doucoure would’ve been sent off anyway. Carragher said: “Doucouré is wrong and I am sure Dyche will tell him that, but I wouldn't go down there as a player. That can express itself in two ways: nervous existentialism that transposes itself into the jelly legs of footballers, or raucous, throaty desperation that inspires them. Goodison is determined to commit to the second act because they realise the magnitude of what is at stake. Nobody who left Goodison on Monday night knows if they can really make a difference, but my god they intend to try. INCIDENT: At the start of the second half, there were two identical challenges. Granit Xhaka caught Raphinha on the ankle with his studs showing. However, he was not booked.

In fact, and in opposition to those theorists who believe in a deep-rooted pro-Kane conspiracy, there are days when his status as England’s most recognisable footballer works against him in the court of public opinion. One of those days came on Monday, when Tottenham Hotspur travelled to Everton and Kane found himself at the centre of the incident which led to Abdoulaye Doucouré’s red card. For the best part of an hour this was an insipid contest as both sides struggled to create any clear-cut opportunities in the final third. Those are the rules of engagement, then. Raise your hands to an opponent’s face, and you are off. Kane did not write those rules, and he is simply playing the same game that everyone else has been encouraged and allowed to play. This is a problem that runs far deeper than one man — even if that one man happens to be the England captain. At number one on our list is a unique card, unlike any others in this collection. The Topps ‘Best of the Premier league’ card from 2015 is the oldest card on our list, featuring a far younger Harry Kane on a beautifully designed card that contains a gold Premier League emblem on the left-hand side of the card, It also includes his name and club in the gold text at the bottom.Was it an exaggerated reaction? Absolutely. Was it embarrassing for a player of Kane’s stature and physical power to be tumbling to the turf? Of course it was. But is there one Premier League player who would have reacted any differently to such an incident? Almost certainly not. And if a player did fail to take advantage of such a swipe, you can be sure their manager would have been furious about it.