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Ian Wright has branded Harry Kane a ‘cheat’ after the Tottenham Hotspur striker attempted to win a penalty against Arsenal in the north London derby, per BBC via Metro.
What’s he said?
Spurs took a 2-0 lead against their north London rivals, with Kane scoring the second from the penalty spot after Christian Eriksen’s opener.
The Gunners came back into the game, though, to level the scores through Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
In the closing stages of the game, though, Kane went down in the box under the challenge of Sokratis, appealing for a penalty, though it wasn’t given and referee Martin Atkinson decided against punishing the England captain for a dive.
And Wright, speaking on BBC’s Monday Night Club, insists that Kane cheated.
He said: “The ball was on the left and he moved to the right to initiate contact.
“We saw Jamie Vardy used to do that one where he got his legs tangled up with the defender and his leg would be searching for the contact, trying to get his leg in between the defender’s legs so it looks like [a foul].
“But what Harry Kane did was stepped across, he initiated the contact and went over. It’s simulation. It’s cheating. I’d rather call it that. That’s all it was.”
Forward play
Wright should know more than anyone else that top strikers occasionally have to go to ground in the penalty area.
While it may not have been a stone-wall penalty, it would have been a foul anywhere else on the pitch.
Kane attempted to shield the ball and was pushed to the ground by Sokratis.
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He wasn’t cheating; he was bundled over, and it is biased from a former Arsenal player to suggest anything else.
While it may not have been a spot-kick in the eyes of the referee, Wright has made a mistake here.
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