´I will never repeat that moment´ – Winks ecstatic after first Tottenham goal
The midfielder, who is an academy graduate at Spurs, was handed his first Premier League start just days after receiving his first start for the England U21s.
The victory over West Ham comes as a timely boost for Mauricio Pochettino’s men, who now face crunch trips to Monaco in the Champions League on Tuesday and Chelsea on the home front next weekend.
West Ham had twice led through Antonio’s first half header and Manuel Lanzini’s spot kick before their late collapse left Antonio understandably devastated.
Tottenham have only just recovered from their most recent heartache in May, when a 2-2 draw at Chelsea spoiled their title challenge and instead crowned Leicester champions. It is likely that Eric Dier will continue to partner Jan Vertonghen in central defense, while Moussa Sissoko could return to the starting lineup after missing three Premier League matches due to suspension.
But, in the final minute, Kane was on hand to finish Son Heung-Min’s low cross before scoring the victor from the penalty spot after Son had been tripped by Winston Reid.
Then Son was brought down needlessly by Havard Nordtveit in the area and after Dean awarded the penalty, Kane made no mistake.
The Hammers misery was compounded when Reid was shown a second yellow card in the final seconds.
Tottenham now sit in fifth spot in the Premier League table, with 24 points collected from their opening 12 league games; Spurs have not yet lost a league game this term.
“It’s a must-win game (in Monaco) and this gives us a big high to go out there and win”, Kane told BT Sport after his dramatic double at White Hart Lane. The players fought until the last minute and the reward was unbelievable. Monaco still is undefeated this season at home, and given that both of them for anything you cannot lose points, the motivation of the players will be more than enough. Coming off the pitch, we’re full of momentum – we’ll take that straight into Tuesday and hopefully win there.
Monaco are second in Ligue 1, three points off the pace, after a comfortable 3-0 victory at Lorient.
Harry Winks was the first Tottenham player to score during his first start for the club since Eric Dier. After we scored that was the crucial time to hold on or score a third.
“If we had lost tonight, it would have been hard to get going again for that game on Tuesday night”.