Harry Kane has opened up on Tottenham's 4-3 defeat against Liverpool after they mounted a famous comeback only to then lose deep into stoppage time following Diogo Jota's goal
Harry Kane has stated that Tottenham need to understand the moments better after they were put to the sword in the opening minutes of a game for the second week in a row. Having shipped five goals in 21 minutes at Newcastle United last Sunday, one week on Spurs found themselves 3-0 down after 15 minutes against Liverpool.
"Sometimes when you're 3-0 down it's easy to start playing, it's easy to have no cares. I think the best teams around are able to start like that and go out there and play in those moments," Kane told SPURSPLAY after the defeat.
"I think we need to understand those moments more as well as a team. You're coming away to Anfield, just like you're going away to St. James' Park, two really intense atmospheres and what happened today is exactly what they were hoping for as they were on the front foot. We need to be more experienced in those moments slowing the game down, dictating the tempo because once it's 3-0 we've got no option but to play with a high intensity.
"We showed patience and the boss showed great patience in terms of talking to us and even at half-time told us not to get too carried away and try and win the game in the first ten minutes of the second half. We knew we were going to get chances and if we kept plucking at it and if we kept the clean sheet, which we spoke about at half-time, we would get something out of the game.
"We were so close to being right. Credit to him, there's a lot of good things we can take from the game but ultimately when you lose like this it is hard to take."
"It's just gutting to have what happened at the end," admitted a crestfallen Kane. "First 20 minutes is just unacceptable again. It feels like I am talking about it every time we play, especially away from home, and the 60-70 minutes we had the better chances, created some really good ones, and hit the post a few times. Alisson made some good saves and we fully deserved to get back into the game like we did.
"To go through all that effort, determination, desire and come back in one of the hardest away grounds in the Premier League to then give it away so cheaply at the end is just hard to even put into words."