The 19-year-old, who has already played for the England senior side, hit a superb victor as Mauricio Pochettino’s men rescued a point in their 1-1 draw away to Everton on Sunday.
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In Heung-Min Son and Clinton N’Jie, who is now injured and – more importantly – not very good, Spurs have two players who could stand in for Kane if things got desperate.
Martínez’s team reacted as they had to in the second half, with far more aggression and adventure on the ball, although Kane was close to a second for Spurs when Alli expertly chested the ball over the Everton defence.
Roberto Martinez can certainly take positives from his Everton side’s first-half goal and second-half performance, but once again this was a home match in which the Toffees ultimately failed to really fire, and one win in seven Premier League matches is hardly an encouraging statistic.
Alli has been one of the success stories of this season, establishing himself as a regular for Tottenham and also breaking into the England squad in his first year in the Premier League. We are the youngest squad in the Premier League, but we showed our winning mentality.
Spurs boss Pochettino has no fears about a heavy programme taking its toll on Alli, saying: “From the beginning we have taken care of him and if he keeps playing well there is no reason why it will be a strain for him”. “Now this team has a chance to be better and they must seize it. They need to exploit the fact that Chelsea and Manchester United are weak at the moment and that is why I believe the board need to grasp the moment as much as the players”.
“Always at the end of the game we play some music but today we (did not, because we) are very disappointed, because the feeling is that we dropped two points”.
Tottenham have not been English champions since 1961 and, while their priority is a top-four finish to qualify for the Champions League, a title challenge is realistic.
“I think the goal was fantastic, a great goal”, Pochettino said.
Costa ran onto Fabregas’ through-ball, cut in and squared a pass for Oscar to sidefoot home into an empty net for the opening goal in the 29th.
“I think that in the way we are, all can happen”. As in the 4-3 loss to Stoke City on Monday, the US global reacted to the self-defeating noises from his own supporters.
“Now I’m a big fan of Barkley but they might be the two who are fighting for one position, that attacking midfield role, if they play three in there”.
“I definitely think we deserved more”.
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Kane was cooked. Tiredness got the better of him, as this video highlights – he had nothing left to give and the way he slumped to the ground, in a halfhearted and unconvincing attempt to buy a free-kick, stank of exhaustion. “It’s a really exciting game for us to be involved in”, Baines said. “Today’s performance showed we are ready to be stronger defensively”.
