Pochettino hails Kane as among world’s best strikers

Their current form is a good one, with four victories and one draw in the last games in all competitions. He is a player who is very important for us. There’s no telling what the win may have done for the vibe at the north London club but they should at least go into Tuesday night’s key match-up in upbeat mood.

Spurs’ unbeaten record was in jeopardy after Michail Antonio headed West Ham into a first-half lead.

Second in Ligue 1, they are unbeaten at Stade Louis II in all competitions suffering just two draws in 10 games (although they did need a 90th minute equaliser to deny Bayer Leverkusen in this competition).

Dembele has been hampered by a niggling foot problem for several weeks and after making his comeback against Arsenal two weeks ago, he was withdrawn in the 72nd minute against West Ham as Pochettino tries to protect his Belgian midfielder.

“So the manager will put out a strong team I am sure and we will go out to win that and then on Saturday against Chelsea”.

“I don’t even know what to say”, Antonio told the official club website.

The host team are leading the table with eight points after four games.

However, Kane had other ideas and he levelled the scores on 88 minutes before grabbing the victor from the spot in stoppage time to give them a much-needed victory. The Korean tricked Havard Nordtveit into tripping him with the final whistle just seconds away.

Kane had scored from the penalty spot at the Emirates, and was again spot-on against West Ham to spark mass celebrations at White Hart Lane and remind Pochettino, as if he needed reminding, of what has been missing.

“To keep that feeling will be very important to prepare for the game against Monaco”. “Unfortunately it wasn’t to be”.

In the first meeting between the two, Monaco managed to get a priceless win at Wembley thanks to goals from Lemar and Silva, before a consolation goal from Toby Alderweireld provided Tottenham with hope of getting back into the match. All I have seen is their penalty after the game and it was a penalty, it was a very clever move from Son. “Our player slides and Son was waiting for the contact”.

“We showed today we can play”, he said.

“It’s simple. He is one of the leaders and (it) is an important moment for Tottenham this season so we need all our top players at the top level”. It’s a tough schedule.

“We had some good counter-attacks and we should have killed the game. We don’t have to be afraid of any of them”.