{"id":3099,"date":"2021-12-19T04:26:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T09:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/19\/tottenham-boss-antonio-conte-makes-very-strange-harry-kane-claim-before-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2021-12-19T04:26:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T09:26:09","slug":"tottenham-boss-antonio-conte-makes-very-strange-harry-kane-claim-before-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/19\/tottenham-boss-antonio-conte-makes-very-strange-harry-kane-claim-before-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham boss Antonio Conte makes \u2018very strange\u2019 Harry Kane claim before Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ahead of Tottenham\u2019s meeting with Liverpool, Antonio Conte has been discussing Harry Kane.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Tottenham vs Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p>Tottenham will play host to Liverpool on Sunday afternoon in a 4:30 pm kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs head into the game on the back of a Covid-19 outbreak within their squad.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have also had some issues of their own on the covid front, but still remain one of the most in-form sides in Europe right now.<\/p>\n<h2>Conte on Kane<\/h2>\n<p>As a result, Antonio Conte will need all of his available players at their very best if Spurs wish to get anything against Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>One man who has not been at his best for some time, though, is Harry Kane.<\/p>\n<p>Kane has scored some goals against poor sides in Europe this term, but his Premier League record is concerning.<\/p>\n<p>In 13 league outings to date, Kane has scored just one and assisted one \u2013 a serious drop-off following Kane\u2019s superb 2020\/21 which saw him notch both the most goals and assists in the PL.<\/p>\n<p>Now though, Conte has been discussing Kane and his form. Firstly, the Italian labelled the Englishman as world-class:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHarry is a world-class striker. Every day that I train him I understand very well that he\u2019s a world-class striker,\u201d Conte said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s one of the best I\u2019ve had the pleasure to train. He\u2019s amazing. I like to have him in my team. For sure Jurgen [Klopp] likes to have Mo Salah. But I like to have Harry in my team. He\u2019s an important player for us and my expectation was very high and to play an important game against Liverpool.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then, when discussing Kane\u2019s form, Conte claimed that it is very strange:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s very strange, no? It\u2019s very strange,\u201d Conte added when discussing Kane\u2019s form.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf you compare what he did in the past, this is very strange. But also in the past, in my experience, before as a player and then as a coach, it happens. I played with important strikers who, for a long period, didn\u2019t score.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut my judgement about them didn\u2019t change. I wanted to have them in my team also if they don\u2019t score. Because if you have Harry Kane in your team, you feel stronger, for sure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/tottenham-hotspur-fc\/news\/conte-harry-kane-tottenham-liverpool-22503956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">football.london<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/leeds-united-vs-arsenal-betting-tips-preview-predictions-odds\/\">Leeds United vs Arsenal betting tips: Preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/the-latest-on-arsenal-vs-leeds-after-yet-another-premier-league-game-is-called-off\/\">The latest on Arsenal vs Leeds after yet another Premier League game is called off<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Tottenham\u2019s meeting with Liverpool, Antonio Conte has been discussing Harry Kane. Tottenham vs Liverpool Tottenham will play host to Liverpool on Sunday afternoon in a 4:30 pm kick-off. Spurs head into the game on the back of a Covid-19 outbreak within their squad. Liverpool have also had some issues of their own on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}