Jose: Spurs ‘depend’ on Harry

London – Jose Mourinho admitted Tottenham “depend” on Harry Kane (right) after the Tottenham striker returned from injury to inspire a 2-0 win against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

Mourinho’s side had lost their previous three Premier League games to put their top four hopes in peril.

Revitalised by Kane’s earlier than expected return from an ankle problem suffered against Liverpool, Tottenham got back to winning ways just when the under-fire Mourinho needed it most.

Kane had missed the last two games, but he made up for lost time by opening the scoring in the second half at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Kane’s 20th goal in all competitions this season took him to 208 goals in 317 Tottenham appearances – level in joint second place alongside Bobby Smith in the club’s all-time scoring list.

The England captain’s milestone goal was followed by a Son Heung-min strike moments later that killed off West Brom.

As well as his priceless goals, Kane also has 11 assists this season and Mourinho is in no doubt about his value to the team.

“He is one of the best strikers in the world. Period,” Mourinho said. “The team depends a lot on him, we can’t hide that.

“It’s the goals he can score, the assists he can make, the link play he has, that personality that players like. He is always an important influence for us.

“Today I promised I was not going to speak about individuals because I am so happy with the players closing this negative series of three defeats, but it is hard to run away from it. He is a very important player.”

Amid criticism of Mourinho’s negative tactics and talk of rifts with several players, there is a long way to go before seventh-placed Tottenham are completely back on track.

Only three wins from the last 12 league games before this weekend – the same sequence that saw Mourinho’s predecessor Mauricio Pochettino sacked – had left the Portuguese coach in the spotlight.