Harry Kane reveals the new Tottenham tactics teams can’t seem to cope with

Tottenham striker Harry Kane has revealed he and his teammates are spending time analysing weaknesses of opponents and drawing up set piece structures to catch out teams.

The English striker scored from an Ivan Perisic delivery late in the game against Chelsea to snatch a draw from the jaws of defeat at Stamford Bridge.

He repeated the trick against Wolves, this time benefiting from a flick from the wing-back, half way through the game to ensure Spurs picked three points at home and continue their impressive start to the season.

The Lillywhites have now scored two set piece goals in the first three games of the season and have picked up four points as a direct consequence from corner kicks.

Gianno Vio, the man described in Italy as the ‘secret weapon’ during Italy’s Euro 2020 success at Wembley was appointed in June to improve Tottenham’s set piece structure and his impact has already been felt throughout the first team.

Last season Spurs scored just eight goals from set-pieces, and conceded 10 but since the appointment of the new set piece coach, they have scored two from their first three games and conceded that just Kalidou Koulibaly volley against Chelsea.

Kane says there is no downplaying his impact and his arrival has given the team a new dimension to attacking opponents.

He said: “We’ve been working on them in training. We see it as a real opportunity to break the deadlock in games.

“We know how important set-pieces can be in tight games especially. Two in two now, hopefully we can keep it up.”

Kane’s teammate Dejan Kulusevski says Gianno Vio deserves a pay rise having coached the team to pick up important points already.

The Spurs man said: “I just told him three times that we have to give him more money. He has to get a pay rise for sure! Shoutout to him.

“He’s very important. He makes a difference, like you can see. At the end of the day, we won on a set piece today so we have to keep working on that.

“ It’s not the funnest thing in the world but it produces results. It helps a lot. Three games, three goals [from set pieces] I think, so we have to keep listening to him and do what he says.”

“I don’t remember that we scored so many [from set pieces] last season but it’s very important. Now we have to get better. Every time we get a set piece we have to believe we can score.”