5 things we learned from Matchday 2B of the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League

#1 Harry Kane deserves much better than Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur v FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Group B

Harry Kane has grown in leaps and bounds since establishing himself in the Spurs main team in 2014, progressing from an untrusted multiple loanee into becoming arguably the best center-forward in the world at the moment.

His goal ratio at Tottenham in the last four years have been exceptional, and he remarkably outscored both Ronaldo and Messi in 2017, winning the EPL Golden Boot in 2016 and 2017.

Despite being linked to Europe's big clubs, the 25-year-old showed incredible loyalty to his boyhood club by signing a contract extension, and though financially rewarding, it is hard to see that as the right move career-wise.

For a man of his immense talents, Kane is yet to win a major professional title, a fact which is made more disheartening when you consider that players of inferior quality such as Morata and Giroud have already tasted multiple successes just by virtue of playing for bigger clubs who contest for the biggest trophies.

After two matches so far in the Champions League, Tottenham has zero points, losing to Inter Milan on Matchday 1 having led for most of the match, and capitulating to Barcelona in the second match despite Kane’s best efforts to keep them in contention.

Tottenham have shown in the previous campaigns that they lack the wherewithal to genuinely contest for major titles, and unfortunately, being nearly competitive is not good enough for a player of Harry Kane’s abilities.