Man City hit by Harry Kane hurricane as Tottenham blow title surge off course

After Storm Dudley and Storm Eunice did their worst, it was almost inevitable that Manchester City would be hit by a Harry Kane.

The Blues' title hopes have hardly been blown off course by the result, after Kane 's late winner took the points, when it seemed Riyad Mahrez's icy nerve from the penalty spot had rescued a point.

Liverpool had come from behind to pick up three more points against Norwich earlier in the day, and were praying Spurs could shake off their recent malaise. They did just that. with a determined defensive display and plenty of counter-attacking spite.

On a day when City were listless and blunt, and Spurs had the cutting edge that Pep Guardiola wanted so badly last summer, they face the prospect of having their lead at the top trimmed to three points if Jurgen Klopp’s team beat Leeds on Wednesday.

After taking 43 points from the previous 45 on offer, it was perhaps inevitable that City's standards would dip at some point,

Kane brilliantly created the first Spurs goal, finished the second, was denied another goal by a tight VAR decision against provider Dejan Kulusevski and then popped up with the late, late winner.

It was a display which screamed, in the old Bullseye quiz show catchphrase "Here's what you could have won!"

Kane showed everything that City were missing — a penalty area bully, a striker who finished with head and foot, but who also drops off his defenders to bring others into play.

Spurs shocked the Etihad with a goal on five minutes and it was all about Kane.

He dropped deep to collect the ball but caught the Blues napping with an instant ball round the corner to send Heung Min Son away.

It was as if the Blues have paid not attention to Guardiola’s briefings for every game against