BBC pundit says Tottenham 28-year-old dives ‘many times’ like Liverpool player

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Chris Sutton has claimed that Tottenham striker Harry Kane dives ‘many times’ like Liverpool’s Mo Salah, as he told BBC Radio 5 Live Sport.

The former striker added that he doesn’t like how Salah is ‘so theatrical’, as he referenced him winning a penalty for Liverpool against Aston Villa last week.

Both Spurs and Liverpool were in Premier League action on Sunday, as they played out a 2-2 draw in north London, with a lot of controversial moments stemming from the game.

One of them included Kane and whether he should have been sent off for his lunge on Andy Robertson, which was yellow-carded by the on-field referee, Paul Tierney.

The problem lies with the fact that the on-field referee wasn’t sent to the VAR monitor like he was for Robertson’s kick out on Emerson Royal in the second half.

Nonetheless, this is what Sutton had to say about both Kane and Salah and their antics when they are out on the pitch, especially in the penalty area.

“Do you know the issue with Salah, last week, is that he is clever in the way that he uses his body to get across Mings,” said Sutton. “Then it is the dive at the end.

“It’s when he goes down. It is so theatrical and that’s the issue. Liverpool players are trying to influence to referee.

“You (speaking to a Liverpool fan) are angry with Dele Alli (for going down too easily.). But Harry Kane has divided many times also. We have seen Harry Kane dive.”

After months of struggle in the Premier League, Kane produced his best performance of the season and scored only his second Premier League goal of the campaign.

The 28-year-old was battling with Salah for the Golden Boot last term, as he ended up winning that battle by, not only being the top scorer but also the top assist-maker.

Now it’s Salah topping both of those charts and Kane will have to pull the rabbit out of the hat to overtake him now.

In truth, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Salah is also walking away with both individual awards in May because he is probably the best player in the world right now.