Glenn Hoddle admitted that he felt Harry Kane was fortunate not to be sent off for Tottenham on Sunday, as he told Premier League Productions (19/12/21 at 5:25 pm).
The Spurs legend added that Kane going down ‘low’ for his tackle on Andy Robertson probably saved him from not seeing red.
In the first half, Kane was shown a yellow card by Paul Tierney for his aggressive lunge towards Robertson, who he caught on the shin.
The issue wasn’t the fact that the on-field referee didn’t send him off, but VAR didn’t ask his colleague to look at his monitor.
The above issue became even worse when Robertson was rightly sent off in the second half, but only after Tierney was told to check the incident at the second time of asking.
Either way, it was a controversial, action-packed and entertaining affair in north London and one that was dominated by the calls made by the officials.
Nonetheless, Hoddle was pretty honest in admitting that Kane wouldn’t have much to argue about if he was initially told to go for an early bath.
“I think he is (fortunate to be on the pitch),” said Hoddle. “I really think he is.
“He gets a yellow for it. But because he has gone down low, he might have got away with it. If he gives a red, I don’t think he has any qualms.”
Whilst all the talk after the game was about the decisions made by the referee and VAR, from Tottenham’s perspective, Kane is back on the scoresheet.
The England captain only had one Premier League goal to his name before a ball was kicked, but probably produced one of his, if not the best, display of the season against Liverpool.
But he wasn’t the only one making his mark because Dele Alli, who was a surprise inclusion from the get-go yesterday, was outstanding throughout the match, both with and without the ball.
It was just a case of the Spurs forward line not putting away the number of clear-cut chances they were able to produce throughout the 90 minutes.
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