Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t afford to lose against Manchester City. After disappointing results against Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers, the north London club needed a win to keep their top-four chances alive.
Manchester City was coming off scoring nine goals against Norwich City and Sporting CP, but Spurs got a performance out of Harry Kane that helped them pull off the impressive win over this past weekend.
Kane scored a brace helping Tottenham come away with a 3-2 win and remain fighting for a top-four finish. The 28-year-old spoke to the club’s official site, discussing the wild finish, which saw him score in stoppage time.
“It was a crazy game. We thought we’d put it to bed at 3-1, got pulled back for an offside in the build-up; that was harsh. To then concede a penalty in the last minute, again, 50-50 for me, it hurt, for sure,” Kane said.
“You’re then thinking about the chances you could have scored and finishing the game off, but to then go again, get another chance and be able to take it showed great character from the team, and that’s what we’re going to need going forward for the rest of the season if we want to give that top four a push.”
The Tottenham striker spoke about the preparation by manager Antonio Conte that went into the match, giving them the upper hand to come away with the win they needed.
“We had a game plan, worked on it through the week,” Kane explained. “We had to respect Manchester City, they are one of the best teams around, especially in possession, and we knew it was going to be a game where they would have a lot of the ball, but defensively we had a structure, we had to be patient, but we knew when we won the ball back, we could hurt them on the counter-attack.”
Spurs will hope that this performance can continue for the remainder of the season as they hope to clinch UEFA Champions League football for next season.
