Conte shares one disappointment after Kane display in Tottenham win

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Antonio Conte has shared the one disappointment he has following the performance of Harry Kane as Tottenham Hotspur beat West Ham on Sunday – in comments reported by Football London.

Spurs have kept the pressure on Arsenal in the race to make the top-four in the Premier League. They have moved themselves up to fifth after a 3-1 victory over the Hammers.

Kurt Zouma broke the deadlock with an own goal with Son Heung-min doubling the lead shortly after. And it was Son who made the points safe late on after Said Benrahma had got one back for West Ham before the break.

All three of the Tottenham goals were set up by Kane. But the striker missed out on the chance to score in five Premier League games in a row.

And following the game, Conte suggested that one frustration stemmed from the fact that Kane did not get himself on the scoresheet for Tottenham.

“He is two players in one because he can be a number 10 or he can be a number nine and it doesn’t change,” he said, as reported by Football London.

“It was a pity because today he deserved to score another goal and he had the chances to score his goals and improve his record and to give us more calm to finish the game before. Instead we waited to score the third goal only 10 minutes from the end.”

Kane finding his very best form at the perfect time for Tottenham

Kane received a lot of criticism in the early stages of the campaign. He took a long time to rediscover his form at the beginning of the season.

But he is absolutely flying right now. He now has seven in his last seven Premier League games. And that has helped leave Tottenham right in the mix to finish in the top-four and qualify for the Champions League.

Conte’s men still have every chance of catching Arsenal. There is still one more North London Derby to be played this season.

If Kane can keep anything like this current run going over the remaining months of the season, Tottenham may well be too strong for their rivals.