As Harry Kane held his World Cup Player of Match award on Sunday evening he might just have afforded himself a wry smile about the changing nature of the coverage around his performances.
For once again the captain was the hero, having scored England's second goal in their 3-0 victory against Senegal and having been involved in all three of their goals. Yet other than finally receiving some good service from his team-mates, Kane himself did very little differently to what he has in recent matches in Qatar.
The difference was the movement of those around him. In the group stage matches, Kane was also dropping deep to link up the play in the same way he constantly does for Tottenham and there are few better playmakers out there in the game. Kane clips crossfield passes and through balls that some of football's best midfielders would have pundits purring about them for.
