Costa outshines Kane
It was supposed to a titanic clash between the Premier League’s two best forwards. Diego Costa vs Harry Kane. The young English upstart playing for his hometown club, against a foreign superstar who has taken to the league like a duck to water. In their own very separate ways, it was supposed to be a tale of two strikers who have caused joy and controversy in equal measure so far this season.
In the end, it was not what everyone expected. It wasn’t a fair fight as Spurs struggled to get Kane in the game while Costa flourished in the other end. On the biggest stage of them all, Kane was found wanting, not because of anything he did or didn’t do, but because his side, for all their possession, couldn’t get their best player into the game often enough. And it was the Spaniard, taking over the mantle from Didier Drogba as the man for the big occasion, who scored the decisive goal that won his side their first trophy of the season.