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Unflashy Kane is a very British hero

arry Kane had already begun to make his mark when he lined up for Tottenham against Chelsea on New Year’s Day 2015. There’d been some promising appearances in the Europa League – including the game against Asteras Tripoli in which he scored a hat-trick and ended up going in goal for the final minutes, letting in a goal after fumbling a free-kick. He had scored a last-minute winner against Aston Villa that Mauricio Pochettino said had saved his job, and then had scored in three consecutive 2-1 wins through December. But it was in that big clash, against the then-Premier League leaders Chelsea, on the first day of 2015 that really underlined

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