Arsenal supporters have mocked Harry Kane for his dive late on Sunday’s 2-2 draw, with the Tottenham striker throwing himself into Sokratis Papastathopoulos in an attempt to win a penalty.
Kane had earlier put Spurs 2-0 from the spot, doubling their lead after Christian Eriksen opened the scoring on Sunday.
Alexandre Lacazette pulled one back moments before halftime to start the comeback, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalised in the second-half.
In an attempt to earn a late penalty and potentially win the tie, Kane threw himself into Sokratis in the area, but did not fool the referee, who awarded Arsenal a free-kick to the delight of these supporters.
Twitter: 2 mistakes cost us. Great fight to bring it back! Guendouzi best player on the pitch by a country mile
Wouldn’t b… https://t.co/RBvR2u5hmK (@Nuttynottles)
Twitter: Still felt we were too open at 2-2, got caught on the counter far too many times. No words for that Xhaka tackle, a… https://t.co/PlWO4tdP9l (@AndyPreston96)
Twitter: Kane with the trademark dive
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Twitter: Kane has one open play goal in eight games against Arsenal, he has to dive for penalties because he knows there’s no other way he’s scoring. (@afcDW)
Twitter: Harry Kane in dive shock. Does it every game the cheat. #ARSTOT (@Matlalor)
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Kane certainly does himself no favours by continuing to throw himself to the ground in order to win a penalty.
It was a clear simulation in an attempt to con the referee into awarding a spot kick and give Tottenham the chance to win late on, which begs the question as to why he wasn’t booked by the referee.
