Harry Kane has revealed he warned England's players about the 'second game curse' in Kansas City before their draw with Ghana in Boston and hasn't been beating himself up about missing a golden chance in Tuesday night's World Cup clash19:00, 24 Jun 2026Harry Kane is refusing to beat himself up over his last-gasp miss against Ghana. Instead of crying over spilt milk, England's indispensable captain will just back himself to score the next one.‌The 32-year-old said after blasting over from seven yards in Boston: "It’s part of a striker’s life. I’ve had many chances go my way this year, chances that probably shouldn’t have gone in. Nine times out of 10 I score but in football there is a feeling that it just doesn’t go your way.‌"Before that, Nico [O'Reilly] has hit the underside of the bar. We had a few half sniffs. They were well organised and made it difficult for us.‌"We had good moments, we controlled their counter well. It’s the opposite game to the first one against Croatia."Thomas Tuchel confessed in his post-match press conference that he struggled to warm to the concept of replacing Kane with Ollie Watkins or Ivan Toney on the back of his Croatia brace and 61-goal season with Bayern Munich.He also refutes any suggestion England are overly reliant on their captain, who mustered just 19 touches against the Black Stars - his fewest ever in a major tournament match for the Three Lions when playing 90+ minutes.‌Kane does not feel that's the case either and insists the burden of carrying his country does not weigh heavily, adding: “I don’t think so. After a 0-0 draw it’s easy to maybe say that straight after the game."But there are going to be games like that in the tournament where it’s going to be fine margins."I had a good enough chance at the end to score and I’d back myself to score more often than not and we’d win 1-0 and everyone is happy. But it wasn’t to be.‌“I don’t think there is an over-reliance. I think any No 9 at a big team, people expect them to score goals and it’s no different for me. When you don’t, there are a few questions. It is what it is."There were good parts and parts we can improve. It’s nothing to worry about and hopefully we can put it right on Saturday.”‌England's stalemate with Ghana means they've now drawn their second group match at the past four major tournaments.Experienced Kane saw it coming but now he'll focus his efforts on restoring calm in Kansas City to spark a convincing response against Panama.He concluded: "I actually spoke yesterday [Monday] before training and just said 'look, in my last three tournaments, we've won the first one and drawn the second one, obviously we've got to be focused on the occasion ahead'.‌"It's not as straightforward as getting carried away - I know we like to do that sometimes, and after the performance, rightly so, because it was a great performance."But this is the fourth tournament in a row where the second game hasn't gone as well as we would have liked, but ultimately is four tournaments in a row where we pretty much qualified after two games, so it's nothing to be ashamed of.‌That's where me and experienced guys who have lived through that will be a calming influence on some of the other boys, and the good thing is we play quickly now."I think we've had a lot of waiting in between the games, so it'll be good just to get back to Kansas now and then, before we know it, we'll be flying to New York."Get the latest World Cup news straight to your inbox by signing up to our Make Football Great Again newsletter now!Article continues belowJoin our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.