Gary Neville raised eyebrows throughout Tottenham vs Manchester City on Saturday as he likened Harry Kane to Zinedine Zidane.
The Manchester United legend, who performed towards the French icon for each membership and nation, was adamant that Kane possesses related qualities in terms of hold-up play.
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After an occasion through which the Spurs striker demonstrated his skilled approach mixed with physicality, Neville made the comparability.
He defined: “I’ll get mocked for saying this, however there’s somewhat little bit of the Zidane in him when he will get the ball in that place.
“How he kind of shields it and protects it.
“It’s the physicality, the contact, and the way in which he protects the ball, you possibly can by no means get close to it.”
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Tottenham took an early lead due to a beautiful end from Heung-min Son after he collected Tanguy Ndombele’s chipped cross.
City thought they’d equalised within the 27th minute when Aymeric Laporte fired residence from inside the realm.
It was finally disallowed for handball after the video assistant referee referred to as for the pitchside monitor for use by Mike Dean, who overturned the choice.
Come the second half, Kane proved all the pieces that Neville had been speaking about earlier as he produced Spurs’ second purpose.
He collected the ball in the course of the pitch, turned and fed Giovani Lo Celso who scored instantly after coming off the bench.
