Spurs can handle Real: Henry Kane
Tottenham Hotspur showed they “can handle” playing at the highest level, striker Harry Kane said after his team took a big stride towards the Champions League knockout phase with a point at Real Madrid.
Spurs made the 12-time European champions fight back for a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu on Tuesday.
The Premier League side led when Kane’s clever run forced Madrid defender Raphael Varane to divert Serge Aurier’s right-wing cross into his own net.
The Spanish champions equalised before halftime when Aurier’s rash challenge on Toni Kroos was punished with a penalty, Cristiano Ronaldo drilling in to extend his tally as the leading scorer in Champions League history.
“A point at the Bernabeu, you would take that every day of the week. It shows how far we have come as a team,” Kane, 24, said. “We are happy. Of course they are going to have chances but we played well and made it tough for them.”
The home side increased their urgency immediately after the break as Spurs were pinned back, with visiting keeper Hugo Lloris producing stunning acrobatic saves to deny Karim Benzema and Ronaldo.
Champion League results: RBLeipzig 3-2 FC Porto, Maribor 0-7 Liverpool, Man City 2-1 Napoli, Apoel Nicosia 1-Borrissa Dortmund, Real Madrid 1-1Tottenham Hotspurs, Spartak Moscow 5-1 Sevilla, Feyenoord 1-2 Shakhtar, Monaco 1-2 Besiktas.-BBC