HOT SPUR KANE’S FIRED UP FOR HIS
WITH another coat of selfbelief applied to Tottenham’s progress, Harry Kane made eye contact with Cristiano Ronaldo, the pair embraced and agreed to exchange shirts. For Kane, still climbing to reach his full potential, a cuddle from Ronaldo came like a symbol of acceptance from someone who has spent a decade at the top. ‘I asked for his shirt,’ said Kane. ‘He’s a big role model of mine, watching him when I was growing up. It’s a nice shirt to get and frame. I gave him my shirt. I don’t know what he’ll do with it. We just said, “See you in a couple of weeks”.’ Spurs-Real the sequel will be at Wembley in a fortnight, a duel for top spot in Group H and a prospect to cherish if Tuesday’s 1-1 draw in Madrid is anything to go by. ‘It was a great night for us,’ said Kane. ‘It was a big statement. A few years ago we were playing Europa League and to come here to the Bernabeu and put in a performance like that shows what kind of team we are. It will give us confidence. We’ve shown we can do it against the best team in the world. Everyone put in an amazing shift. For the majority of the game we matched them. We wanted to prove to everyone we are a very good team and we want to take that on for the rest of the season. We have to keep improving.’ Kane missed Tottenham’s best chance of the game, foiled by an exceptional save from Keylor Navas but the England striker troubled Real enough to justify pre-match hype which saw Zinedine Zidane hail him as a ‘complete player’. The Spanish media agreed Kane had ‘passed the examination of the Bernabeu’. Kane added: ‘I try to use it as motivation. Positive