Premier League legends Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker have sent a joint 14-word message to Spurs' Harry Kane after his 'outstanding' performance against Man City.
Ironically, the 28-year-old's performance of the season came against a club who he seemed destined to join last summer if it wasn't for Daniel Levy's intervention.
In the build-up to the 2021/22 season, it was understood that the Lilywhites wanted around £150million from the Cityzens if they were going to relinquish their best player to Pep Guardiola.
However, Guardiola and co in East Manchester decided that it would be a smarter investment to spend a club record fee on Aston Villa's Jack Grealish - a decision that certainly hasn't worked out to date as the man they missed out on was key to reigniting Spurs' top four hopes whilst helping Liverpool in the process.
It was in fact new signing Dejan Kulusevski who got the party on the road for a team that were given no chance in this contest prior to kick-off.
Son Heung-min's unselfishness left the Swede the easy task of tapping into the open net. Ilkay Gundogan then equalised midway through the first half before Kane took centre stage.
The one that got away for Guardiola nearly made his side pay the full price as he was alert to connect with Son once again and fire past Ederson in the process whilst creating history at the same time with his South Korean teammate.
That goal in particular meant that his partnership with Son matched a long record set by Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard that has stood for so many years.
City tried their best to spoil the party once more as Riyad Mahrez slammed home a penalty in injury time after Cristian Romero's handball.
But despite being denied an offside goal after his first, Spurs' talisman wanted to make things interesting in the Premier League once more as he headed in from Kulusevski's cross to send the travelling fans into delirium.
Kane's performance received plaudits from many former players on social media including the likes of Gary Neville, Lineker and Shearer.
Here are how all three of the aforementioned trio reacted to Kane's unexpected masterclass on the biggest stage against the City juggernaut.
@GNev2 tweeted: "Brilliant performance from Harry Kane."
Jamie Carragher said on commentary: "He’s been outstanding today he really has. It feels like with Manchester City watching, look what you could’ve won! That man there, Son and Kane, that partnership. He’s deserved that goal he really has, he’s been Tottenham’s best player."
Shearer and Lineker collaborated together to deliver their joint 14 word message.
The former of the pair first tweeted out on his social media account @alanshearer: "Fantastic Harry Kane [followed by three clapping hands emojis.]"
@GaryLineker then followed up: "Superb from Harry Kane. Not just the goal but his overall display. Brilliant."
You can recap all events from Man City vs Tottenham here and follow along with Antonio Conte's post-match press conference on football.london here to see if he adds more praise to the main in the spotlight.
