Spurs are not just about Kane, insists Klopp

LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp is not falling into the Pep Guardiola trap of dismissing Tottenham as a ‘Harry Kane team’.

Whether the Manchester City manager’s off-the-cuff remark was meant disrespectfully or not, Klopp made it clear ahead of today’s clash at Wembley that he does not put Mauricio Pochettino’s success down to one player.

‘Spurs have been title contenders for the last two years, why shouldn’t they be this time?’ said Klopp.

‘They have Kane, (Dele) Alli and (Christian) Eriksen, but with just three players you can do nothing.

‘In the world of centrehalves, it is difficult to find better than Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld — and yet they still bought in the boy from Ajax (Davinson Sanchez).

‘They brought in Ben Davies when Danny Rose was injured. They had Kieran Trippier for the right when Kyle Walker joined Man City.

‘Eriksen is for sure one of the best Premier League players and who is behind? Moussa Sissoko — we know his quality — and Son Heungmin doesn’t play all the time but seems to decide games when he does.

‘Eric Dier can play centre-half or No 6. My God, they have great quality.’

Klopp insists he has no fear of Wembley despite suffering only heartbreak on his two competitive visits there.

As Borussia Dortmund boss the German lost the 2013 Champions League final to arch-rivals Bayern Munich following a late Arjen Robben winner and — three years later — City’s penalty shootout win denied him his first trophy just four months into his Anfield reign.

‘I never played Tottenham at Wembley, so maybe that’s a thing,’ said the Reds boss.

‘I can say the performance was always really good. In the Champions League final, everybody who saw it knows the performance was good.

‘The Capital One Cup final against City was unlucky in the shoot-out at the end, that’s how things can happen.

‘But we don’t feel bad when we see Wembley, it’s a wonderful stadium. And we never played against Spurs there. We only think about the game against Tottenham and not where we play.’