Winks: I knew Kane would fire Spurs to victory

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Harry Winks says he had no doubt he would finish on the winning team against West Ham United as Harry Kane stepped up to take a last-gasp penalty.

Winks, making his first Premier League start, had cancelled out Michail Antonio’s first-half header to draw Spurs level.

But they trailed 2-1 with 89 minutes on the clock as some of the home faithful made for the exits at White Hart Lane.

Kane brought the score level for the second time when he turned in from close range after Darren Randolph has parried substitute Heung-Min Son’s cross.

And the England striker fired his team to three points in second-half stoppage time from the spot.

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Kane has now taken ten penalties in Premier League games, scoring nine, though after his sole miss – against West Ham in February 2015 – he swept in the rebound.

And Winks revealed it had not crossed his mind that Kane might miss.

“No doubt, absolutely no doubt,” said Winks. “I was just thinking about the celebrations! I was getting ready to run over.

“With this team, we’ve shown time and again that when we go down, we keep going.

“We’ve got that belief and that know-how how to get back into a game. It was never in doubt we’d create the opportunities.”