Harry Kane challenges Tottenham teammates to win remaining games to seal Europa League place

Kane scored twice as Tottenham beat Newcastle on Wednesday evening

Harry Kane of Tottenham (EPA)

Harry Kane has told Tottenham Hotspur they must win their final two Premier League games if they are to snatch a Europa League place.

Kane scored twice at St James’ Park on Wednesday evening as Spurs followed up their north London derby victory over Arsenal with a 3-1 success at Newcastle to climb into seventh place, a point behind Wolves in sixth and four shy of fifth-placed Manchester United.

However the England skipper, whose double took him past 200 career club goals, believes only wins over Leicester and Crystal Palace in their final two fixtures will give them a chance of European qualification.

Kane told Spurs TV: “It’s a massive win. We said before, three games, it has to be three wins if we want to have a shout of the Europa League.

“It was a difficult game away from home, they’re not an easy team to play against. We probably didn’t have our A-game, but we managed to find a way and we were obviously delighted to come away with the three points.

“That was a big win in the north London derby, it gave us a load of momentum going into these three final games.

“Some of the teams have got to play each other around us, so I would imagine two more wins and we should be in the Europa League places. But we can only take care of ourselves and wait to see what happens.”

It was Son Heung-min who opened the scoring on Tyneside somewhat against the run of play with 27 minutes gone, but the home side were back in it 11 minutes after the restart courtesy of Matt Ritchie’s blistering strike.

However, it was then that Kane took over, heading the visitors back in front on the hour and then helping himself to his 15th league goal of the season – in the process passing 20 in all competitions for the sixth successive campaign – at the death.