Harry Kane inadvertently gave Tottenham Hotspur a glimpse of life without him against Crystal Palace last weekend despite playing the entire game. For the first time in the 28-year-old's Premier League career, he failed to register a single shot or even a touch in the opposition's penalty box as 10-man Spurs slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Selhurst Park.
It wasn't quite the disappearing act he had in mind earlier this summer. Kane had hoped to join Manchester City after growing frustrated at Tottenham's inability to win silverware even as he established himself as one of English football's most prolific goal scorers.