Harry Kane proves early-season slump is gone with one of Premier League’s greatest individual displays

Harry Kane produced one of the finest individual performances in recent memory, perhaps in Premier League history, as Tottenham earned their first statement result under Antonio Conte with a dramatic 3-2 win at Manchester City.

Kane scored twice, including a headed winner deep into stoppage time, and made Spurs’ opening goal with one of many sensational pieces of play, on an evening when he shone far brighter than City’s array of glittering talent.

Kane was always likely to the centre of attention given City’s failed attempt to sign him last summer, and how he reminded the champions of what they are missing, as Spurs boosted their top four hopes and blew the title race wide open by completing a remarkable double over Pep Guardiola’s side.

The England captain set the visitors on their way to a huge win with a stunning first-time pass to release Heung-min Son after just four minutes, with the South Korean racing behind Ruben Dias and cooly squaring to Dejan Kulusevski to open the scoring.

City hit back when Ilkay Gundogan capitalised on a Hugo Lloris mistake after 33 minutes and, from there, it was easy to wonder if the runaway league leaders would go on to convert their dominance into a comfortable three points. As Conte had predicted, City controlled the ball, launching wave after wave of attack.

But with Kane in this kind of form, and Son looking sharp again, Spurs were always threatening on the counter-attack and always had a chance – particularly with Conte’s defence transformed by the return of Eric Dier.

Sure enough, Kane restored their lead with a cool finish from Son’s brilliant cross midway through the second half, as the pair became the joint-deadliest pairing in Premier League history, level with Frank Lampard