For the home side, the game hardly mattered in terms of the table – they’re still in ninth place, nine points adrift of the top four – but they admirably stepped up to the big occasion nevertheless.
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The England international’s goal was his 22nd of the season, taking him three clear of Leicester’s Jamie Vardy as the race for the 2015/16 Premier League Golden Boot heats up. But the project is fantastic, because we are ahead of the programme – we are only going to get better. If Leicester do not win the Premier League, they are unlikely ever to have another chance. “You always need time to develop your quality”.
Pochettino feels he is building something special at White Hart Lane with Harry Kane and Dele Alli as the stars of the show. “Our idea is to keep the main group of players for the next few years and try to build”, he said.
Saturday’s 4-0 victory over Watford came on the back of a win at Everton before the global break and maintained the pressure on Leicester, who host Southampton on Sunday.
That was Sturridge’s best work of the evening before he trudged off in the 73rd minute with the result still in the balance and two missed chances behind him.
Both goalkeepers were kept busy in an entertaining affair, Hugo Lloris making two fine saves from Adam Lallana while Simon Mignolet produced a one-handed stop from Christian Eriksen.
And the England global was ushered over by Klopp for an embrace after the full-time whistle ensure the spoils were shared at Anfield.
By scoring for the fourth straight league game, Kane reached 22 league goals for the season – more than any other Tottenham player has managed in a single Premier League season.
“I’m not interested In Tottenham”.
Meanwhile, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger vowed that his side will not give up on the Premier League title after closing the gap on leaders Leicester City to eight points.
Striker Kane, who scored Spurs’ vital equaliser in their 1-1 draw at Liverpool on Saturday, said: “I think we are a tad disappointed”.
“He is very important for us and hopefully he is fit until the end of the season and then I can not make decisions for Roy Hodgson – that is his problem”.
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“We pressed better. That’s all true”.
