3 reasons why Tottenham will not win the 2016/17 Premier League title

Where are the goals coming from without Kane?

It’s been clear from the first 11 games that, without Harry Kane, Tottenham lack that clinical edge in the final third.

The England international won the Golden Boot last year with 25 goals to his name, but Dele Alli netted ten, Christian Eriksen six, and Erik Lamela five to take the burden off of Kane’s shoulders.

In fact, only Manchester City scored more goals than Spurs last season, but the same can’t be said of the early stages of this campaign.

Pochettino’s side have scored just 15 times so far, the least of any team in the top six and, although their defence is as good if not better than last year, it’s this lack of cutting edge that’s costing them points.

Vincent Janssen is still taking time to adapt to English football, but the likes of Eriksen and Lamela haven’t added the goals needed from the attacking midfielders, netting just once between them.

It’s clear that when Kane plays, Spurs look more lethal going forward, but it’s the games where he’s struggling and slightly off form that others need to step up.

At the moment, that’s not happening.