Harry Kane has credited a group assembly with serving to Tottenham Hotspur finish their shedding run because of a 1-0 victory at Fulham on Monday evening.
After back-to-back defeats towards Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis, Spurs left Craven Cottage with three factors courtesy of Kane’s strike in first-half stoppage time.
It was Kane’s sixteenth Premier League aim of the season in addition to his 266th in all competitions for his boyhood membership, equalling the membership’s report complete of Jimmy Greaves.
Crew assembly
“We’re a bit bit behind the place we need to be however tonight was necessary,” mentioned Kane, who additionally wants only one extra aim to affix the Premier League’s “200 Membership”, after Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney.
“We had a very good speak amongst ourselves, simply to get again to what we’re good at, clear sheets, being compact and laborious to interrupt down. Then we all know we can have an opportunity to attain and have gamers who can try this.
“It was a very necessary win for us, particularly after the final couple of video games, to get again to successful methods.”
Victory places Spurs again in top-four competition and Michael Owen believes the membership have all of the credentials wanted to be among the many competitors’s greatest.
“They’re a top-four aspect, they have the gamers, the stadium, they have every thing, they have the supervisor,” mentioned former striker Owen. “But it surely’s not been adequate and tonight has been a giant increase.”
The increase will probably be wanted as Spurs subsequent face champions Man Metropolis once more within the Premier League. That is adopted by matches with two struggling groups, Leicester Metropolis and West Ham United, earlier than Spurs host Chelsea.