Harry Kane spent his Sunday afternoon drinking beer with his new Bavarian buddies; every Autumn Bayern Munich players enjoy a PR-friendly session at the Oktoberfest.
The England captain was filmed lifting a very large stein of lager indeed, a slightly embarrassed smile on his lips as he posed behind a row of inflatable ladybirds.
No doubt Kane kept himself informed upon the events that were unfolding in North London without him, for the first time in a decade. Perhaps he even slipped away somewhere to watch it.
If so he could have been forgiven for raising another glass on the final whistle, to toast his decision to turn his back on Tottenham and the Ange Postecoglou revolution: for all the joy the Australian has conjured up already, the league table offers no suggestion yet that Manchester City - the club he really wanted to join, two years ago - are likely to be ousted as champions.
Kane must also have felt some sort of pang however. True, he will most likely have a Bundesliga winners medal on his CV soon and possibly a DFB-Pokal one as well but scoring three times* in a 7-0 ritual humiliation of *checks notes* Bochum cannot come close to the feeling of celebrating a goal in front of your own fans in a derby. Kane did that 14 times before being released from the prison Postecoglou is quickly turning into paradise.
Kane will not have failed to notice either that the number 10 shirt he vacated played a significant role in Tottenham sharing the spoils; James Maddison made both Spurs goals.
He almost gifted Arsenal one as well, straight after Bukayo Saka's shot had gone in off Cristian Romero for an unlucky own goal opener.
Kane honed his reputation by dropping deep and acting as a supplier, usually for Heung-min Son, but
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