Harry Kane insisted he was attempting not to consider turning into Tottenham’s document scorer after he moved inside one in all Jimmy Greaves’ tally with the one purpose in a 1-0 win over Portsmouth.
Kane’s Fiftieth-minute curled effort within the FA Cup third-round tie took him as much as 265 objectives for Spurs and inside touching distance of Greaves’ feat, which has stood since 1970.
It helped Antonio Conte’s aspect edge previous a dogged Pompey aspect, who sacked supervisor Danny Cowley on Monday after a poor run in Sky Bet League One.
“I try to not think about it,” Kane advised BBC Sport about Greaves’ document.
“Sometimes you can think too much. Obviously I feel in good form and I feel fit. My mindset is to help the team and hopefully the goals will come.
“It was a tough game. We were clear favourites and people probably expected a bigger score but credit to them, they stayed compact and made it difficult.
“We thought after the first it might open up but they stopped us getting the second one. It’s good to get through – that was the objective – and we’ll see who we get next.”
Kane’s strike was his seventeenth purpose of the marketing campaign and made it 4 in 4 video games since he returned from the World Cup the place his missed penalty noticed England exit the competitors within the quarter-final stage following a 2-1 defeat to France.
Tottenham assistant Cristian Stellini, who once more crammed in for boss Antonio Conte after Friday’s loss of life of former-Juventus team-mate Gianluca Vialli, mentioned: “Harry is amazing. When you see Harry play, you feel and enjoy the football.
“I am not impressed because this is the type of player (he is). He is an amazing player.
“This is football. If you take a penalty you can miss but you have to go through the next game. He has the mentality. To be an amazing player, you need to be like Harry.”
Spurs made seven modifications from the midweek thrashing of Crystal Palace however struggled to interrupt down a Portsmouth aspect who’re languishing in the course of the third tier.
An acrobatic volley by Reeco Hackett-Fairchild early on for Pompey was the very best alternative of a colorless first half however Tottenham stepped up a gear after the break and shortly after Emerson Royal had headed a Son Heung-min cross towards the crossbar, Kane grabbed what proved the winner.
The England striker performed a one-two with Ryan Sessegnon earlier than he angled a shot into the nook.
Oliver Skipp ought to have added a second halfway via the second half however blazed over after high-quality work by Bryan Gil.
Skipp was a late call-up for Yves Bissouma, who pulled out within the warm-up with a minor ankle knock to hitch Rodrigo Bentancur, Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison on the sidelines. The latter three face a race towards time to be match to face Arsenal.
“Not for all the players we are so confident but we are confident we’ll recover someone,” Stellini added.
Pompey first-team coach Simon Bassey took on managerial duties within the wake of Cowley’s sacking and praised the staff’s effort.
“Ultimately we got done by a world class player with a world class finish. It probably didn’t even count as a chance, so (I’m) really proud of them,” Bassey mentioned.
“We had a plan for today and it nearly worked. We probably just lacked that one golden chance at our end.
“I think maybe (if) Harry Kane plays for us today then we would have gone through but I don’t think that will happen!”
