After seeing his team surrender a 2-0 lead in the Premier League the Spurs skipper said his claims for a late penalty were only “50-50” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tottenham forward Harry Kane has said the referee in the North London derby against Arsenal may have thought he was searching for a penalty after an incident late in\u00a0 Sunday\u2019s 2-2 draw .<\/p>\n
Kane went down in the penalty box in injury time under a tackle from Sokratis Papastathopoulos, but his claims for a spot-kick were waved away by referee Martin Atkinson, a decision upheld by the subsequent VAR review.<\/p>\n
Kane had scored Spurs\u2019 second goal from 12 yards, putting them 2-0 up, after a rash challenge on Son Heung-min by Granit Xhaka. Christian Eriksen opened the scoring after a defensive calamity by the Gunners.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Alexander Lacazette pulled one back before half-time and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalised in the second period for Arsenal.<\/p>\n
Kane thought the foul by Sokratis may have been given in another part of the pitch, but didn\u2019t say it was a clear-cut penalty.<\/p>\n
“The defender made a tired tackle. On halfway I think I’d get that foul,\u201d Kane told Sky Sports \u00a0 after the final whistle.<\/p>\n
\u201cRef probably thinks I’m looking for it. It is 50-50, I could get it in some games.”<\/p>\n
Spurs now have two points from their last three Premier League games, with Sunday\u2019s draw coming off the back of a shock loss to Newcastle last weekend. They had drawn 2-2 with Manchester City before the game with the Magpies.<\/p>\n
The England captain said he was disappointed to leave the Emirates Stadium with only one point, but blamed his team\u2019s lack of a killer instinct for the setback.<\/p>\n
“I’m a little disappointed,” he went on.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“When you go 2-0 up you expect to win whoever you are playing. The goal before half-time changed the momentum.<\/p>\n
“Second half it was two teams going for the win. They were on top at times but we still had chances. All in all it is a point and we need to accept it.<\/p>\n
“If a few final balls would have been better, we would have created more. It is a shame we couldn’t kill it off. But it is the Premier League and if you don’t kill teams off they come back at you.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n