Harry Kane hailed after breaking Jimmy Greaves record in win over Manchester City - 'A GOAT in this league'
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Updated 05/02/2023 at 22:05 GMT
Cristian Stellini took his rare opportunity in front of the press to lavish praise on Spurs' record-breaker Harry Kane, labelling his frontman a "GOAT", and that he has "football in his DNA". Kane was once again his side's saviour as his early strike proved the only goal of the game against a poor Manchester City. Kane now has Alan Shearer's Premier League record of 260 goals in his sights.
Stellini: 'It's amazing to work with players like Harry,' after win over Manchester City
Harry Kane was hailed as "a GOAT in this league" by stand-in Tottenham boss Cristian Stellini after breaking Jimmy Greaves' all-time goalscoring record for the club in the 1-0 win over Manchester City.
Kane's landmark strike turned out to be the winner against Pep Guardiola's spluttering Citizens, leaving Spurs just a point off the top four.
And Stellini, standing in for Antonio Conte after the latter missed the game due to gallbladder surgery, was in no doubt about where Kane stands in the pantheon of great Premier League players.
"Harry Kane, in his DNA, he has football," Stellini told Sky Sports.
"He understands football in every moment. He can play in any position.
"He is a GOAT in this league, in this sport. He is a great example."
It had been a whirlwind week for Stellini with Conte's sudden illness leaving little time to prepare his side to the fullest.
But it didn't look that way as a rigorously drilled Spurs outfit denied City space and rhythm, with Stellini revealing he had demanded his men be "angry" in order to get the right result.
"I enjoyed it," the 48-year-old said. "Today my responsibility, the staff and my responsibility was very high.
"It's not easy without the gaffer all week but we did very well.
"Hopefully he'll be back next week. He'll be back happy now.
"I spoke to him on the phone just now and he said congratulations to the team and especially Harry.
"The key was the capacity to suffer when City has the ball. We know when we play against this team we have to suffer because they have the ball a lot but we moved well in the defensive situation and defended the goal in a brilliant way.
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Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates after scoring the team's first goal. Kane scored his 267th goal and overtakes the late Jimmy Greaves to become the Spurs’ all-time leading scorer
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"We knew very well that in that game [the recent 4-2 loss at City] we lost our key - our capacity to suffer. We lost that last time, we spoke about that situation and that we had to be angry, motivated.
"To reach our target, we have to suffer more, to fight. When you are winning against City, they can play with great pace. You have to be strong and we controlled the space very well."
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