Harry Kane header claims the spoils for Spurs against lacklustre Arsenal

Harry Kane has soared and scored before in the north London derby. The Tottenham striker rates his late headed winner against Arsenal from February 2015 as the finest goal of his career. He was at it again here in a moment to sum up the difference between bullying Spurs and fragile Arsenal.

Ben Davies’s cross from the left was inviting and Kane made the ball his. Timing the leap to perfection, he appeared to hang in the air for an age, towering above Laurent Koscielny, before planting the header into the far corner. Arsenal’s players shouted for a push on Koscielny; so did Arsène Wenger, but the appeals smacked of desperation. It was Kane’s seventh goal in seven Premier League matches against Arsenal.

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