Mauricio Pochettino responds to Rafael Benitez comments

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Tottenham Hotspur won against Newcastle United at St. James’ Park in the Premier League at the weekend.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino does not agree with Newcastle United boss Rafael Benitez’s comments about Harry Kane, as quoted by The Mirror.

Benitez told The Guardian that Tottenham striker Kane’s tackle on Florian Lejeune in the first half of the Premier League game at St. James’ Park on Sunday afternoon was worse than the foul made by Jonjo Shelvey on Dele Alli in the opening minutes of the second half.

Midfielder Shelvey was shown a straight red card for standing on Alli’s ankle, as the Magpies suffered a 2-0 defeat to the North London club.

As for the England international striker Kane, he was shown just a yellow card for his foul on Lejeune.

“The tackle from behind from Harry Kane was worse than what Jonjo did,” Benitez told The Guardian.

Spurs manager Pochettino does not agree with the former Liverpool and Swansea City boss’s comments about Kane.

“No, I think it’s different,” Pochettino told The Mirror when pointed out that Benitez said that Kane should have been sent off. “I saw the action. It was not the same as Shelvey.

“It was different. The ball was there, the ball was on the side, it was completely different and it’s not fair to say that it deserved the same punishment, Harry and Shelvey or Ritchie.”

Over the course of the 90 minutes at St. James’ Park on Sunday afternoon, hosts Newcastle had just 27% of the possession, took six shots of which two were on target, and earned five corners, according to BBC Sport.

Visitors Tottenham had 73% of the possession, took 18 shots of which eight were on target, and earned seven corners, according to BBC Sport.