Dele Alli: It's an honour to play with 'fantastic' Harry Kane at Tottenham

Vaishali Bhardwaj28 February 2017

Dele Alli has admitted he feels honoured to play alongside Harry Kane at Tottenham, labelling the striker as a "fantastic" footballer.

Kane netted a hat-trick in the 4-0 victory over Stoke City on Sunday, which took his goals tally for the season to 17 - the joint-highest alongside Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez and Everton striker Romelu Lukaku.

The 23-year-old has now scored more than 100 goals in his career, a statistic that resulted in Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino labelling Kane as "world-class".

Alli has formed a close on-pitch relationship with Kane since arriving at Tottenham in 2015, and assisted seven of his 25 Premier League goals last season.

And the 20-year-old has said he finds it easy playing with Kane because the striker is able to make the most of most of the balls he delivers in from midfield.

Speaking about Kane in the April 2017 issue of FourFourTwo magazine, Alli said: "We always speak about the opposition before a game.

"We tell each other what we’re going to be looking to do, then try to put it into action.

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"He’s a fantastic player. You know that if you play the ball through to him, then nine times out of 10 he’s going to find the back of the net. It’s an honour to play with a striker like that.

"His all-round play is fantastic. He holds the ball up and can bring other players into the game as well as score. He works so hard, too: if you do play him a bad ball, he’ll work hard to make it a good one."

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