The new post-World Cup reality for Harry Kane is the low-level abuse. Some songs about letting his country down, tittering at the back when things don’t go to plan and some gentle booing, even at Brentford, which is not the most hostile place he will visit.
The same old reality is that he remains a brilliant centre forward and Tottenham’s chief goal threat, and he hauled them back into this game after it seemed Ivan Toney, another English centre-forward with a new perspective on life might be the hero.
Brentford were 2-0 up when Kane sparked the comeback with a magnificent header, 20 minutes into the second half, and he led their charge for a late winner after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg had equalised, six minutes later.