It also has big clubs like Manchester United and Chelsea FC lining up to acquire Kane’s services. Whether the resurgence is real will be tested at White Hart Lane, a venue Blues supporters have called “Three Point Lane”.
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Mauricio Pochettino has pleaded for help from the Premier League as he attempts to sustain Tottenham’s bid for domestic and European glory.
The last time these two sides met in the league, on New Year’s Day, now seems like a portent of the future. But I’ve always felt this is my club and I just want to prove myself to the team, supporters and everyone that I can play here. I will accept it because the team is very good.
At Spurs, he has brought the best out of players such as Erik Lamela and Jan Vertronghen, who weren’t performing at their potential under previous managers.
Kane scored twice in Tottenham’s glorious 5-3 romp, kicking off an annus mirabilis that sees him just one shy of the 30-goal mark in 2015.
The Tottenham manager sprang a surprise by picking England striker Harry Kane in a strong starting line-up against Group J minnows Qarabag in Baku, despite facing Chelsea less than 72 hours later.
“We are through to the next round and this was our objective”, he said after Thursday’s win, according to ESPN.
“The objective is gone now”.
We deserved more but at the end we have to be happy with the effort, we created more chances than Chelsea – I think they had one shot on target – and we can feel proud of the performance.
“We have to approach the game the same as we did last time, when they were top of the league, and not take it for granted that we are going to do the same to them”. Still, after losing seven Premier League matches already this campaign, Mourinho has insisted that there is still a lot of work to be done.
“We buy talent, players who can be Champions League players”, said the Norwegian. “We are very happy with the way we are playing”, he said. We are all focused on doing our job the best we can.
“Nobody had to give a speech to get us up for that. He wants to grow up with us and try the next few years for the top four and win titles with Tottenham”.
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John Terry is a doubt for the crunch game after picking up an injury against Tel Aviv and if he does miss the game he will be a big loss.
