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#PLStories- Harry Kane believes AFC Bournemouth are in the Premier League for a reason #THFC

November 1, 2022
ENGLAND skipper Harry Kane saw his Spurs side pick themselves up off the canvas to beat Cherries 3-2 before declaring: “They are in the Premier League for a reason.” The Tottenham talisman saw his charges fall two goals behind at Vitality Stadium thanks to a brace from Kieffer Moore – a man he could come up against when the Three Lions take on Wales in the World Cup on November 29. But goals from Ryan Sessegnon, Ben Davies and Rodrigo Bentancur’s late effort eventually saw Spurs emerge winners in the dying embers of the clash on the south coast. Speaking to the Daily Echo post-match, Kane gave full credit to the way Cherries took the game to the north London side in the opening hour. Asked whether heading to Cherries proved a difficult task, Kane replied: “Yeah, for sure. “They are in the Premier League for a reason, they are a really good side and have picked up some good results this year. “We knew it would be a tough game, obviously them going 2-0 ahead was credit to them. “I think this season there are loads and loads of good teams, I think it’s really tight all the way through really. “The middle pack has got better, so it’s going to be interesting to see how everyone unfolds towards the end of the season. “All I know is every game in the Premier League is tough and Saturday was no different.” He added: “It was great to get the win, of course. “Areas we could improve for sure but great character, especially when we have been in a tough period, is really pleasing. It leads us up nicely for the rest of the week.” Defeat to Spurs left the Dorset outfit without a point in their past three games under Gary O’Neil. Prior to that, the former West Ham and Portsmouth midfielder had masterminded a six-game unbeaten run following the sacking of Scott Parker. Asked about the job done by O’Neil from the outside, Kane said: “He’s done great, credit to him obviously coming in. “He had six games or so and turned their results around but it’s tough. The Premier League is tough, you are playing great opposition every week. “They are going to come up against some good teams but they have been doing well this season, so fair play to them.” Cherries’ next test comes with a trip to Leeds United in the Premier League on Saturday. Crysencio Summerville’s late goal saw Leeds claim a dramatic 2-1 win at Liverpool last time out to ease the pressure on head coach Jesse Marsch.
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#PLStories- Antonio Conte delighted that Tottenham played ‘more nasty’ to overcome AFC Bournemouth #THFC

October 31, 2022
TOTTENHAM boss Antonio Conte insisted his side had to “play more nasty” in a bid to topple Cherries on Saturday. Spurs ended their three-game winless run with a dramatic 3-2 victory at Vitality Stadium after second-half goals from Ryan Sessegnon, Ben Davies and Rodrigo Bentancur. Bentancur completed the visitors’ comeback from two goals down with a side-footed finish in the second minute of stoppage-time to spark jubilant celebrations from the away fans. But former Juventus manager Conte gave credit to Gary O’Neil’s side after Kieffer Moore’s double had put the Dorset club in the box seat. “I don’t want to think what my mood would be if we lose this game to be honest. “Also after the first half my feeling was positive. The only situation I asked of my players is we had to show more personality, to take more responsibility. “I think in the second half, despite conceding the second goal, we started to play more nasty. "With a desire to win, with a desire to hurt the opponent. “Not only to move the ball and show 'look, we are good, we are so nice'. But in an effective way. We created many chances to score at the end, we won the game at a difficult stadium. Because Bournemouth is a really good team.” Cherries had lined up with three centre-backs against the north London outfit, as well as playing two strikers in Moore and Dominic Solanke. Conte added: “It is not easy to play against them because when they play with these two strikers, it is very difficult also to put pressure on. “Because every time you go to put pressure, they play a long ball. They have good combination between these two good strikers. “But in the end it was vital for us, this win. Especially after two losses in the Premier League.”
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#PLStories- Antonio Conte raging on VAR ahead of trip to Cherries #THFC

October 28, 2022
TOTTENHAM boss Antonio Conte was angry at the decision by VAR to rule out Harry Kane’s stoppage-time strike against Sporting Lisbon and accused the technology of being dishonest against his team. Kane fired home in the fifth minute of added time last night to spark wild celebrations with the hosts believing the effort had sent them through to the last 16 of the Champions League. Dutch official Pol van Boekel, who was in charge of VAR, ruled Kane had been ahead of the ball when Emerson Royal’s header hit Flavio Nazinho and ricocheted into the path of the striker, who smashed in with aplomb to briefly make the score 2-1. Sporting players and staff celebrated the decision to rule out the goal, which meant Marcus Edwards’ first-half strike – cancelled out by Rodrigo Bentancur’s 81st-minute header – left all four teams in Group D with a chance of making the knockout stage going into the last game. “I think there are moments that maybe you can be a bit intelligent to understand you have just disallowed a regular goal because the goal was regular. The ball is in front of Kane,” Conte insisted in his press conference before he walked out after one question. “And then the VAR. I repeat you know I don’t comment on referee decisions but the VAR, this season, I don’t know why between Premier League and Champions League, we are not so lucky. “I don’t know why until now we are also the only team who repeated the penalty and every penalty I go to see, if the keeper move on line, I see a lot of the time. I want to see repetition of a penalty in Premier League. “I think we are not so lucky with VAR but I think they create big damage. I would like to see if this type of decision you can take with a top team, in an important game, yeah I would like to see if VAR is so brave to take this decision. “I repeat this unfair decision because the ball is in front of Kane. Sorry, but I am really upset because sometimes you can accept this situation and sometimes I think it is not good because I don’t see honesty in this type of situation and when I see this I become really, really upset.” Spurs head to Vitality Stadium to face Cherries this weekend, another side who feel hard done by regarding VAR decisions in recent weeks. Speaking after Monday night's 2-0 defeat at West Ham United, interim head coach Gary O'Neil said: "It's getting a little bit ridiculous now as I think we've had about 10 VAR decisions go against us since I took over. “I’m obviously disappointed with the first goal. I thought it was a terrible decision."
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#PLStories- Gary O’Neil reveals his son Carter-Jay puts aside Tottenham loyalty to cheer on Cherries #AFCB

October 28, 2022
THERE will be a conflict of interest in the O’Neil household this weekend – with Gary O’Neil’s Cherries set to take on Tottenham Hotspur, the team his son Carter-Jay supports. Antonio Conte’s Spurs side arrive at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 3pm), with both sides without a win in their last three fixtures. Despite Carter-Jay’s split loyalties, O’Neil senior insists that his son will be supporting his charges at the weekend. O’Neil commented: “He wants us to win, he said. “He's keen for Bournemouth to win. So, yeah, that was nice of him!” O’Neil, who was a boyhood Millwall fan, represented Spurs’ fierce rivals West Ham United during his career, as well as another London club in QPR. Explaining how his son ended up following the Lilywhites, O’Neil shared: “My wife's dad was a big Spurs fan and obviously I'm fairly busy at weekends, generally, so he started going to Spurs with my wife’s dad. “I was keen for him to go and watch. And, yeah, he loves it. It’s a nice stadium, so I thought I'd send him to a nice stadium to watch his to watch his football. “I've been a couple of times with him. Not as often as you would like to, but yes, occasionally if the game (doesn’t clash). “I think last year we went a couple of times on a Sunday. He loves his football, but yeah, he'll be pushing for a Bournemouth win, like the rest of us.”
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#PLStories- Tottenham’s Harry Kane on England and his goal at Brighton #THFC

October 11, 2022
Albion endured their first home defeat in seven months after Harry Kane’s first half goal secured the victory for Spurs. But the England captain was full of praise for the Seagulls. Kane produced a delicate flick on Saturday after Son Heung-Min whipped a dangerous cross in for Kane to nod past Robert Sanchez. The visitors were made to work for the three points as Albion again went head to toe with one of the top teams, as they controlled large parts of the game. Kane said: “Brighton are a really good side. “They had their fair share of shots as well from the edge of the box, so overall just a really good three points.” Albion have faced four of last season’s top seven already, winning away at West Ham and Manchester United, drawing at Anfield and then they gave Spurs a real test. They are certainly not a roll over for any side. Roberto De Zerbi’s side got themselves in good positions constantly and were really testing the concentration of the Spurs defence. But they lacked that final pass or finish to put the ball past Hugo Lloris. Matt Doherty had to really defend well up against Leandro Trossard and then Kaoru Mitoma. The Irishman admitted Brighton gained control in the second half. He said: “We lost a bit of control in terms of our forward momentum and invited them on but we managed to just hold out.” Despite a good performance from Danny Welbeck, the hosts lacked that killer instinct that Antonio Conte’s side had at the other end. Kane had two chances throughout the game and scored one that ultimately secured the three points for his side. The academy graduate scored his eighth goal in nine games this season, his best ever start to a premier league season. The striker said: “I feel good, obviously really nice to be scoring in most of the games and especially when they turn out to be winning goals like today. It is always great to help the team in that way.” Albion fans would have been devastated losing the game to a goal from Kane but come December they will be hoping to see him doing the same in an England shirt. The England captain said: “As a striker, you want to be in a good rhythm coming up to a major tournament, there has been times where I have and times where I have not, and I have still managed to do well for England in those moments.” “’The World Cup is going to come so thick and fast, and we have got so many games before it, I need to try not to think about it but hopefully once it comes will be ready.”