The biggest hospital in North London is currently located in Tottenham. Coach Antonio Conte was just back from his gallbladder operation to witness the 4-1 thrashing in Leicester and to see another one of his first team players lost to injury. Rodrigo Bentancur will miss the rest of the season after rupturing ACL ligaments in his left knee in Leicester. And he will sit in the medical room alongside first-team goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (up to eight weeks) and Yves Bissouma, while midfielder dynamo Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is suspended for the first leg match against AC Milan in the Champions League. So, the burden will be (again) on Harry Kane.The finest of @HKane’s 200 #PL goals 😍 pic.twitter.com/UEttOthcjI— Premier League (@premierleague) February 5, 2023 The true Tottenham leader and a constant performer broke the Premier League record recently and he will have pressure (as he always has) to continue his scoring streak, this time in the European competition. And one of his former teammates Carlo Cudicini is full of praise for the England international. The former Chelsea and Milan goalkeeper was also in Tottenham, where he had a chance to train with Kane so he knows the abilities of the striker first-hand.“When Kane was just coming into the senior squad, he was a kid. I was fortunate enough to get to know him before he returned to Tottenham from the two loan spells and after too. He was more mature coming back, he knew what he was doing and I’d end up insulting him, because he wanted to stay back after training and practice, practice, practice… with me as the victim in goal! This tells you the mentality that those loan experiences drilled into Kane” recalled Cudicini for AC Milan TV.Iheanacho’s arrow hits sluggish Spurs for a 4-1 winThe Italian keeper, now acting as loan player-coach in Chelsea, was praising current Spurs coach Antonio Conte, even thou his team is in crisis in his second year in charge.“Tottenham are a bit of a strange club, because potentially they could compete at the top level every season. They have a marvellous stadium, a wonderful training ground, fans who have been waiting many years to celebrate a trophy. It’s all there, but something is missing. I am convinced that with Antonio Conte on the bench, they can get closer to this target of winning something. He did great work last season, but after a more than positive start this term, there have been some ups and downs. All of Conte’s teams are tough to play against, they work very hard, are organised and always dangerous” warned Cudicini his former club, ahead of the meeting with another one of his former clubs.PREMIER LEAGUESaturdayWest Ham – Chelsea 1-1 (1-1)/Emerson 28 – Felix 16/Arsenal – Brentford 1-1 (0-0)/Trossard 66 – Tooney 74/Leicester City – Tottenham 4-1 (3-1)/Mendy 23, Maddison 25, Iheanacho 45+2 – Betancur 14/Fulham – Nottingham Forest 2-0 (1-0)/Willian 17, Solomon 88/Southampton – Wolverhampton 1-2 (1-0)/Alcaraz 24 – Bednarek 72 og, Gomes 87/Crystal Palace – Brighton 1-1 (0-0)/Tomkins 69 – March 63/Bournemouth – Newcastle 1-1 (1-1)/Senesi 30 – Almiron 45+2/SundayLeeds – Man.Utd. 0-2 (0-0)/Rashford 80, Garnacho 85/Manchester City – Aston Villa 3-1 (3-0)/Rodri 4, Gundogan 39, Mahrez 45+1 pen – Watkins 61/Monday23.00: (1.61) Liverpool (4.20) Everton (6.50)***odds are subject to change
