Harry Kane remembers the size of the pitch, the cut of the grass and the feel of the stadium. He had broken into the Tottenham team and was scoring goals for fun. As Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs team enter the Champions League knockout phase for the first time, the gap in top-level know-how is plain. “I’ve been asked a few times to name the toughest defender I’ve played against and I’ve said Chiellini,” Kane says. Our recent form just breeds confidenceKane was asked whether he had visualised himself lifting the Champions League trophy.

Source: The Irish Times February 12, 2018 22:52 UTC