Mark Clattenburg warns Tottenham striker Harry Kane

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Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane was involved in a heated clash in their Premier League game on Wednesday night.

Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has warned Harry Kane to expect retrospective action being taken against him after he was involved in a heated clash during Tottenham’s game against Chelsea on Wednesday night, in comments reported by the Daily Mail.

The Spurs star seemed to move his head towards Cesar Azpilicueta during the first-half of the contest at Stamford Bridge. It did not appear that Kane managed to make too much contact with the defender, and the Spaniard made no attempt to exaggerate what contact there was.

Kane went unpunished at the time. But Clattenburg has suggested that he was lucky not to be dismissed by Andre Marriner, and warned the Tottenham talisman that the FA may want to have a look at the incident in the coming days.

“Kane lost his cool with Cesar Azpilicueta in the first half, deliberately moving his head towards the Chelsea defender,” he told the Daily Mail. “There looked to be contact but it does not matter how severe the contact was with Azpilicueta. Even if it was an attempted headbutt, that still carries the same punishment – a red card.

“The incident seemed to be missed by the match officials and the FA could now take retrospective action against Kane.”

It was a poor night for Mauricio Pochettino’s men who would have been hoping to bounce back after their surprise defeat at the weekend.

Pedro capitalised on some disappointing defending from Toby Alderweireld and perhaps a questionable piece of goalkeeping from Hugo Lloris to smash home the game’s first goal during the second-half to deal a further blow to Spurs’s slim title hopes.

And it only got worse for the visitors as Kieran Trippier scored a comical own goal in the latter stages.

Certainly, Tottenham’s chances of getting themselves back in the race will not be helped if Kane does face any retrospective punishment following his clash with Azpilicueta.