Harry Kane has jumped in defense of Jose Mourinho’s tactics and claims the Portuguese manager has never asked them to sit back.
Harry Kame took to defend Jose Mourinho’s style of play following his side’s 3-1 win over Sheffield United on Sunday afternoon.
Tottenham have received criticism for blowing away leads at many points this season.
Spurs have dropped points from winning positions against Newcastle, West Ham, Crystal Palace, Wolves, and Fulham. All five of those matches ended in stalemates and saw the north London side fall off the pace after initially starting the campaign as title challengers.
However, Spurs were back into top-four territory with a 3-1 victory over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane thanks to goals from Serge Aurier, Kane, and Tanguy Ndombele.
With Spurs, Mourinho has often been accused of an overly pragmatic approach and asking his side to ‘sit back’ by pundits.
Kane begs to differ and claims the team’s inconsistency in performances is the fault of the players alone.
“Fantastic performance from everyone today – started really well, aggressive with our press and were clinical to go 2-0 up,” he told BBC Match of the Day.
“Even in the second half, when they scored, we didn’t panic.”
Tanguy Ndombele scored a special volley and Kane made sure to heap praise on his teammate.
He continued: “Tanguy [Ndombele} scored a fantastic goal and we saw the game out well, which we haven’t done in the past few weeks.”
“It’s never been the manager saying that (we should sit back) it’s been us on the pitch having a mentality where we want to drop and hold on to to the win. The most important thing is us as players to go and take responsibility, and we did that today.”
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