Harry Kane hails ‘great achievement’ of netting 50 Premier League goals

Whatever choice Mauricio Pochettino went with, he had two good options to choose from.

The 24-year-old had been linked with Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus while the discussions dragged on.

The assistant referee had not flagged for a foul [on Jon Walters] and the referee then thought it was the right decision to book Marko when he was taking evasive action.

“Sometimes you are happy with your decisions, sometimes you feel very bad about your decisions”. “It was nearly ideal today”, he said.

Asked if his winger was close to leaving, Pochettino replied: “Not only Son, different players”. I want to score goals for Spurs and the more the better.

Pochettino, whose side are fourth in the table, added: “I’m very pleased”.

“This contract is important for him and for us”.

“I was happy before the last few days [of the window] with the squad we had”.

Midfielder Mousa Dembele will serve the final game of a six-match suspension for violent conduct against Stoke.

Hugo Lloris will be back for Spurs’ trip to Stoke this weekend.

“To be honest, we were always behind him, trying to help, but subconsciously maybe speculation can affect you when you’re in process to negotiate your future”.

When Christian Eriksen sent in a cross towards Son Heung-Min to score minutes before half-time, this would set the stage for a dominating second-half performance by Tottenham. The Potters had started the game in good form with Glenn Whelan’s deflected volley whistling off target after a quarter of an hour. “It was the ideal result for us”.

“I think Mark Hughes is a manager who changed a lot, the culture and philosophy that Stoke played before”, the Spurs boss said.

“Every game is a challenge, our next challenge is Monaco at Wembley and then Sunderland”.

Wanyama has already made a difference while Sissoko could make his debut when Tottenham travel to Stoke on Saturday, having signed from Newcastle in one of the most intriguing moves on transfer deadline day.

Kane’s goal ended a run of nine games without scoring for the England forward, who won the golden boot in the Premier League last season.

Earlier this week, the Danish playmaker signed a brand new four-year deal that is understood to see him rake in a cool £75k-per-week.