With zero protection and a Spurs side revelling in the perfect confidence-boosting opportunity, Borjan was subjected to wave after wave of second-half offensives.
Lamela had already missed a sitter before making amends with Spurs’ fourth before the hour was up.
That they did not run up the sort of total Bayern Munich did here was down to some unusually erroneous option-taking from Son – giving to Lamela’s wrong foot rather than any of Kane’s feet – and some wayward finishing.
Not from Kane, naturally. When he finally got the pass he longed for, the outcome was inevitable – a crisp finish making it 15 goals for Spurs and England this term.
Strange as it may be to say, Kane’s game is in longer just about the goals. It is about leadership, it is about workrate, it is about vision, it is about inspiration.
And that, Roy Keane, is why Harry Kane is priceless. thanks to an equaliser from Brazilian Dodo in a match where the Ukrainians had led.
Yevheniy Konoplyanka fired Shakhtar ahead but the Croatian levelled nine minutes later through Dani Olmo.
Mislav Orsic then gave Dinamo the lead on the hour from a penalty, but substitute Dodo salvaged a point.
Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick helped Paris Saint-germain make it three wins from three in Group A with a 5-0 away thrashing of Club Bruges.
Mauro Icardi opened the scoring and Mbappe doubled the lead with a second-half header. Two minutes later he turned provider as Icardi scored his second, before adding a further two to complete his treble.
Bayern Munich survived a scare in Group B with a 3-2 victory over Olympiakos.
Youssef El-arabi’s header put the Greeks ahead, before Robert Lewandowski levelled.
Lewandowski made it 2-1 in the 62nd minute but Corentin Tolisso equalised with 15 minutes remaining. Four minutes later, however, Guilherme scored the winner.