14 things we learnt as Harry Kane beat Arsenal in the north London derby

It was the Harry Kane show at White Hart Lane as he fired Tottenham to a 2-1 win over Arsenal in the Premier League. Here’s what we learnt from watching the north London derby… 1. All Arsenal line-ups feel a bit like reserve teams at the moment (Alastair Grant/AP) Partly because Alexis Sanchez isn’t in it, and partly because the likes of David Ospina, Francis Coquelin and Hector Bellerin – who you’re more used to seeing on the bench – are, the team feels like it ought to be turning out in the Capital One Cup. #Arsenal team to play Tottenham Hotspur: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Welbeck, Cazorla, Ozil, Giroud — Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) February 7, 2015 2. Michael Owen’s been working on his vocab "Palpating", says Michael Owen. Impressive. #palpating — Football Clichés (@FootballCliches) February 7, 2015 3. People love talking about Harry Kane BT Sport devoted much of their build-up to talking about the young Tottenham striker, and he almost showed why when he brought a fingertip save out of Osipna in the opening moments. Arsenal, Tottenham or neutral – fans seem to love talking about him Can we not allow Harry Kane to shoot like that again please? Thank you. @Arsenal — Fouad AFC (@FouadAFC) February 7, 2015 Great attempt from Kane. Love seeing him on the ball. — Spurs In The Blood. (@SpursInTheBlood) February 7, 2015 Kane is so good — G (@Rambology16) February 7, 2015 KANE! What a player this guy is! — Noufil. (@SprintLikeAngel) February 7, 2015 I just think it's hilarious Spurs fans think Harry Kane is "one of them" when he was born in Chingford 😂😂😂🙈👍 — Emili WHUFC âš’ (@a_mill_ee) February 7, 2015 4. Olivier Giroud’s shots are better passes than his passes (Alastair Grant/AP) Mesut Ozil’s opener for Arsenal came from what appeared to be a wayward shot from Olivier Giroud, which turned into a perfect cross. First question I will ask Olivier Giroud after the game: was it a pass or a shot? Im 99% sure it was a shot… — Julien Laurens (@LaurensJulien) February 7, 2015 Giroud's wayward shot (that lead to Ozil's goal) is the kind you tell your mates later that you always meant as a pass. #TOTARS #ARS — World Soccer Talk (@worldsoccertalk) February 7, 2015 5. Defending seems to be optional for full-backs There were long periods when Danny Rose was Tottenham’s most dangerous player. But he was also one of Arsenal’s most dangerous players. And Bellerin looked a little out of his depth… Danny Rose culpable in Arsenal's goal, but he's been a huge threat going forward. — Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) February 7, 2015 Bellerin REALLY needs to sort his positioning out. Getting caught time after time down his side. — Highbury Harold (@BlackScarfAFC) February 7, 2015 6. Aaron Lennon is gone but not forgotten The ghost of aaron Lennon's final ball has found a new home in Danny rose #COYS — Steve Pritchard (@sfspur) February 7, 2015 A reminder that Aaron Lennon has more Premier League assists than Christian Eriksen this season. — JDL (@JakLew89) February 7, 2015 7. Moussa Dembele may just be the single most frustrating player in the world Cut the flicks and shoot Dembele!!! — Philip Neville (@fizzer18) February 7, 2015 Dembele is really good at things which don't actually help you win a football match. — Mac (@BillyMacfarlane) February 7, 2015 #THFC 0-1 #AFC Pleat 'I think Dembele has dreams about not scoring. He never shoots!' (He hasn't scored since 2013) pic.twitter.com/mGBMWezrZ2 — BBC Radio 5 live (@bbc5live) February 7, 2015 8. The new Arsenal style needs some tweaking Remember that Manchester City game, when they gave up possession and came out 2-0 winners? It was kind of like that. Not as successful, obviously – partly because Santi Cazorla didn’t run things like he did on that occasion – but similar. Arsenal have again adopted the same tactics as they did vs City. Sit deep and hit their opponent on the counter. Very unlike Wenger. — Jonas Giæver (@CheGiaevara) February 7, 2015 Not sure why Arsenal are getting a load of credit, they've just not been good enough. This is nothing like the City game where they were top — Rojo Show (@ConstantRed) February 7, 2015 9. Ryan Mason is either very good or very bad (Adam Davy/EMPICS) The midfielder was absolutely everywhere – particularly in the first half. What he did when he got there sort of depended on your point of view. Ryan Mason playing every single position — White As Lily (@WhiteAsLily) February 7, 2015 "Ryan Mason has been making tackles* all over the pitch" *fouls all over the pitch. Fouls. — Tim Lewis (@tim_lewis85) February 7, 2015 10. Yeah, Kane? He’s pretty good (Alastair Grant/AP) Inevitably it was Kane who got the equaliser, ghosting in at the back post to fire home after a corner. I think we've found one in @hkane28 — Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) February 7, 2015 Harry Kane is England's best striker now, needs to get picked and started — Jake (@Jkay_DF) February 7, 2015 11. But he used to play for Arsenal If you didn’t know that before today, you certainly do now. Harry Kane scores against his old club! pic.twitter.com/aAweoHBfnh — TheSPORTbible (@TSBible) February 7, 2015 12. And he’s not perfect… Kane is always offside lol — Ravi (@GoonerForever98) February 7, 2015 does harry kane know the offside rue by any chance? — Abz' (@abz1097) February 7, 2015 Kane offside again. He's been offside more times in this game than he has goals all season. Does he know how the offside rule works? — ByTheMin Arsenal (@ByTheMinArsenal) February 7, 2015 13. Well, okay – he’s almost perfect GOAL Spurs 2-1 Arsenal (86 mins). Harry Kane completes the turnaround with an outstanding header from Nabil Bentaleb's cross #TOTARS — Premier League (@premierleague) February 7, 2015 14. Piers Morgan only has himself to blame Harry Kane wouldn't get on our bench. #afc — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 7, 2015 Are you sure about that, Piers?

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