‘Really strong team’ – Kane explains how fitness levels are helping Spurs
Tottenham Hotspur left it late to secure the win against Marseille in the Champions League on Tuesday night, and Harry Kane says this is in part down to the great fitness levels within the squad.
Spurs came from behind to not only remain in the Champions League, but seal their place at the top of Group D after a dramatic win over Marseille.
A point would have been enough to see the North London side through to the knockout stages, but would have seen them finish second meaning a less-than-favourable draw in the next round.
After a first-half goal from Marseille defender Chancel Mbemba, Spurs fought back early in the second half with a Ben Davies header on 54 minutes. Spurs kept going and dominated the second half, before securing all three points with a last-minute winner from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
The manner in which Tottenham kept fighting and got the win so late on continues something of a pattern we have seen this season from the Lilywhites, who don’t seem to know when they are beat, and have the fitness levels to play right to the final whistle.
According to Harry Kane (via Football.London), this is something the squad is aware of and their impressive fitness standards allowed them to stay calm in Marseille.
Kane said: “Fitness-wise we’re a really strong team so we feel like we can always come strong in the second half. Just being in that situation there’s not too much panic.
“I think we learnt from the Newcastle game, conceding two goals really quickly really hurt us. So even when we conceded today, we just tried to get in at half-time and regroup and not conceded straight away again.
“That’s what we did and Clem with a really good header at a vital time. After that, the game opened up. They had to go for it to try to qualify and we exploited that and probably should have done better with a couple of chances we had, but it doesn’t matter now.”
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It really does say a lot that Spurs can go one or two goals down now and I, along with many other fans, have a level of belief that we will find a way back into it.
This last week has proven just how far the team has come in terms of mentality and the physical ability to keep going and grind out a result with late wins over Bournemouth and Marseille. It would be a lot less nerve-wracking if we could win games earlier on though!
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