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Commentator Gets Proved Instantly Right By Harry Kane's Terrible Free Kick

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Published 08:02 2 Mar 2022 GMT

Commentator Gets Proved Instantly Right By Harry Kane's Terrible Free Kick

Kane was on free kicks once again for Tottenham Hotspur against Middlesbrough but it didn't go according to plan for the striker.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

Harry Kane is excellent at a great many of football's fundamental skills, but taking free kicks is not one of them, as Guy Mowbray pointed out at the perfect time.

Kane hasn't had his best season by a long way but the Tottenham Hotspur forward had still scored eight Premier League goals this season and 174 in his entire career.

He's so good in fact that one day he may even break Alan Shearer's all time record for goals in the league, and scoring isn't the only thing he's good at, with his passing ability one of the best in the league too.

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For some reason though Spurs expect that all this means the 28-year-old will also be good at free kicks, despite the fact in his entire career he only has two goals direct from one.

On Tuesday night, Mowbray, on commentary for BBC during Spurs loss to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup, pointed out that the England captain wasn't great at free kicks.

Expecting the commentators curse to work against him, Mowbray must have expected the ball to fly into the back of the net, instead the forward slipped and the ball tamely rolled into the shins of the players in the wall.

And whilst Antonio Conte might have had other things on his mind recently, what with his borderline 'come and sack me' plea after the Burnley loss, surely taking Kane off free kicks is one easy fix for the team.

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It's not like it's only Mowbray who has noticed that the striker's expertise is away from dead ball situations, with Spurs fans crying out for their hero to be moved aside in those situations.

In Conte, and Spurs', defence, they weren't the first ones to put the former Leicester City loanee on free kicks, with Roy Hodgson doing it for England back in 2016.

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Obviously that campaign worked out terribly well, with the striker also taking corners, as the Three Lions crashed out in the last 16 to Iceland.

The campaign this year for Spurs is looking increasingly likely to end in similarly brilliant circumstances, with last night's elimination confirming a 14th year without a trophy and now just a battle for the top four to compete in.

Featured Image Credit: BBC Sport

Topics: Harry Kane, FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough, Premier League

Ryan Sidle
Ryan Sidle

Ryan is a journalist for SPORTbible with over eight years of experience. Passionate about all sports, he mainly covers football and F1 - Daniel Ricciardo once spent an entire interview referring to him as 'Ryan Gosling,' still his proudest moment.

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