Harry Kane believes Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-0 win at Manchester United on
Monday has laid down a marker regarding their title challenge.
The win was Tottenham’s first at Old
Trafford under Mauricio Pochettino, as Kane’s 50th-minute header was followed
by two Lucas Moura strikes. It gives Spurs a maximum nine points from three
games, placing them second to Liverpool on goal difference.
Kane, asked whether it was a
statement of intent, said: “Yeah, 100%. We’ve maybe fallen behind at the start
of the season the last few years, so we have to stay up there from the very
start. The only way to do that is to come here and win, and all the other big
games as well. A great start for us. We’re not getting too carried away, of
course, it’s only three games in, but that’s what we needed.
“We needed to start the season well
and now it’s about maintaining that for the rest of the year. It has been a
tough place for us to come.
“The first goal is always important
in these games, just to get that breakthrough and then we really stepped it up
another gear after that and it was great to see us finish 3-0.”
Kane is unfazed by Spurs having
bought no one in the summer. “That’s what happens,” the striker said. “The
gaffer said he’s not just going to bring in players for the sake of it. What
that does is it give the rest of the squad huge belief because it shows he has
belief in us, so now we have to repay him for that and repay the club for that.
“Lucas is one of them that some fans
might have thought: ‘Is he going to stay, is he going to go?’ He’s stayed, and
he’s worked hard and he’s done well, and he’s deserved his place in the team
and that’s what it’s about. He wants to keep his place and we all do. The
competition for places is high and we’ve just to keep it going.”
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