Three things that Harry Kane did against Man City that Pep Guardiola 'loved'

It was always going to happen, wasn't it.

Manchester City fell to a 2-3 defeat to a Harry Kane-inspired Tottenham on Saturday evening, with City's number one transfer target of last summer scoring twice to deliver a blow to their title ambitions.

Kane was superb on the day, a man who could have quite easily dismantled the best defence in the country without the help of some woeful individual performances.

While it would be overly simplistic to suggest that City were shown why they need to revive their attempts to sign the England captain this summer, there were elements of Kane's performance that surely left Pep Guardiola purring.

Pass master

Over the last few seasons it has become clear that Kane is much more than a traditional striker, even if he does regularly lead the Premier League scoring charts. On Saturday he showed just why.

There are few - if any - strikers in world football better at passing and build-up play than Kane. His eye for a pass and quality of execution are comparable with that of a creative midfielder, two qualities that Guardiola would love any striker of his to posses.

Kane is also somehow able to marry the roles of out-and-out striker and false nine, to very different ways of leading the attack. For Dejan Kulusevski's early opener, Kane acted like a false nine to start the move.

By dropping back from the front line, he was able receive the ball in space and split the City defence with an incredible first-time through ball that put Son Heung-min through on goal. Plenty of strikers are good at building attacks, but few have the passing and vision of Kane.

Attacking space

A principle key to Guardiola's footballing philosophy is that of attacking space. This has to be done intelligently though,