James Maddison is very happy to shoulder accountability at Tottenham however has insisted it should take a “collective” effort to replace Harry Kane.
Maddison continues to impress within the Spurs quantity 10 shirt beforehand worn by Kane, who accomplished a £100million transfer to Bayern Munich on the eve of the brand new season.
Kane’s departure has not derailed the early progress of Ange Postecoglou’s staff with Maddison relishing his function as creator in chief with two assists at Brentford earlier this month adopted up with a maiden Tottenham aim in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Bournemouth.
Whereas Richarlison and captain Son Heung-min are but to open their accounts for the season, Dejan Kulusevski ended his drought with the second on the Vitality Stadium to prolong the feelgood issue presently across the membership.
“It’s powerful in case you’re asking me to attempt to get 30 goals,” Maddison joked.
“It’s a collective. You may’t even look to replace what Harry Kane offers you. You’ve acquired to all chip in and look to attempt to rating the identical quantity of goals from completely different areas.
“Harry might be the most effective quantity 9 on the earth. You’ll by no means discover a direct substitute by way of goals and what he may give you. We must always all be chipping in.”
Spurs have had 5 completely different goalscorers and benefited from an personal aim throughout their three Premier League fixtures and there seems a brand new lease of life for a number of members of a squad rundown by the top of a troublesome 2022-23 marketing campaign.
Yves Bissouma and Pape Sarr, having hardly ever featured beneath Postecoglou’s predecessor Antonio Conte, have rapidly fashioned an encouraging midfield partnership with Maddison, and Pedro Porro has made probably the most of his early alternatives at right-back.
When Maddison joined from Leicester in June for an preliminary £40million payment, he was not seen as a substitute for Kane however continues to present creativity and a aim menace.
It is powerful in case you’re asking me to attempt to get 30 goals! It is a collective.
James Maddison on changing Harry Kane
The 26-year-old insists the philosophy of ex-Celtic boss Postecoglou has been key to Tottenham’s flying begin regardless of dropping the England captain.
Maddison advised BBC’s Match of the Day: “The kind of particular person I’m, I’m at my finest when I’ve accountability on my shoulders and that’s after I thrive.
“I’m a participant who loves to be on the ball and that matches with how the supervisor desires his gamers to play. This was a very good day for all that.
“We’ve acquired the bit between our tooth. We now have some momentum so lengthy could that proceed and hopefully we will nonetheless implement the ultimate steps the gaffer desires to see, which is attacking soccer.”
Postecoglou has loved an unbeaten begin to life at Tottenham however it’s a completely different story for Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola.
Iraola watched his staff open the season with a 1-1 house draw towards West Ham earlier than defeats have adopted towards Liverpool and Tottenham.
The fixture checklist doesn’t get any kinder with Brentford, Chelsea, Brighton and Arsenal to are available in September however Iraola blamed himself for a drop-off through the latter levels of this Spurs loss, with Ryan Christie’s withdrawal on the hour mark seen in hindsight as a mistake.
“We knew from the start that we had a really powerful schedule to begin and now now we have some vital gamers out with accidents however now we have to hold competing,” Iraola insisted.
“I feel in all probability after the sport you assume and I shouldn’t have taken Ryan out of from the sport as a result of particularly with out the ball, he was urgent very well.
“I wished to go a bit bit extra offensive, however we have been worse from that time. I don’t know if it was after the subs or 2-0 as a result of it was one minute later.
“Most likely till the 62nd minute we have been taking part in nicely and – towards an excellent staff – having our possibilities.
“So, I used to be fairly proud of the efficiency, however from there we couldn’t hold the depth and so they have been controlling the sport a lot simpler.”
