His contribution proved more decisive against Sunderland which Tottenham was struggling to break down until Kane tapped in the only goal at White Hart Lane in the 59th minute. He twisted his ankle and felt pain. “Only we have to wait, to see tomorrow”. We need to be focused on ourselves.
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“I’m sure there may be a problem with his ligaments but it’s hard to assess today”.
“So we need to learn”.
Tottenham is back in the Champions League for the first time in five years and, with the capacity at its White Hart Lane stadium reduced due to redevelopment, it opted to play its European matches at Wembley this season.
Spurs suffered blows before the end with Kane, Eric Dier and Moussa Dembele all forced off through injury, while Sunderland had Adnan Januzaj sent off for a second bookable offence. I think it would have been a big surprise if I’d come here and said this is something easy to get. “Everyone is happy so that is the most important thing”.
Mousa Dembele is likely to make his first domestic appearance of the season on Sunday as he returns from a six-match suspension, but Pochettino said Danny Rose is still a week away from overcoming a hamstring strain.
Meanwhile Sunderland’s troubles deepened when Januzaj was shown a second yellow card following a clumsy challenge on Ben Davies.
“That was hard. We have time to win games”.
“When I was there, he played a couple of cup games, but he was a player I looked at and thought he would score goals in the Premier League”.
Sunderland manager David Moyes has said that striker Victor Anichebe will not be risked against Tottenham Hotspur this weekend.
“And the manager has taken me under his wing, nearly like a son, as he does with other players in the squad”.
Kane’s scoring prowess over the past two seasons have marked him as one of Europe’s finest. If you give them a present like we gave it’s impossible to come back again and get a result. He is a quiet person, nice person and then you need to fight for your place.
‘After the Olympic Games his idea was to leave to go to Germany.
Sunderland sit 19th in table and are still without a win in the league under Moyes. And Sunderland were struck another blow, having to replace Patrick van Aanholt with Jason Denayer in the starting line-up minutes before kick-off. Left back Danny Rose will sit the match out after his injury while on global duty, but Pochettino said: “I think he is not too far away now”.
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“I’d like to be straight. He is a very good player for us”.
