Scorer Kane a bit touchy
near enough? Could yet England’s leading scorer.”
Even non-League Gateshead got in on the act by tweeting: “Our second goal at Tranmere Rovers last night has now been awarded to Harry Kane.”
Pochettino made it clear he had not been involved in the pre-appeal discussions.
But he believes his player is the victim of a storm that has been blown out of proportion.
“It was a club decision to appeal, I wasn’t involved,” said the Tottenham manager.
“But I am sure Harry and Christian agreed to this. No one said to me what was going to happen.
“The club believed right to appeal.
“Harry is disappointed because he never wanted to create this.
Sometimes, it is a small or simple thing that becomes bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and you cannot
stop it. That it be was was what happened. He is going to learn a lot from this.
“Of course he never thought that this situation was going to go on to such big things when he was so, so, so, so certain that he touched the ball.
“It’s normal that he was a little bit disappointed because Harry and all of have Twitter, everything.
“Tottenham fans will back Harry but other fans will kill him. People have opinions but that is normal.”
Pochettino made it clear he thought Kane’s desire for an extra goal was the mark of a true scorer, rather than a charlatan. “When you touch the ball, and you are right, it’s normal to say ‘I scored the goal’,” he said. “Harry is a very honest person and is not going to lie about that.”
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