Tottenham striker Harry Kane still hopeful he can catch Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah in race for golden boot

Kane claims there is plenty of time to hunt down in-form Liverpool forward Salah, who has scored five goals more than him in the Premier League this season

Harry Kane still hopes to win the Golden Boot (Getty)

Tottenham striker Harry Kane believes he can catch Liverpool's Mohamed Salah in the race to win the golden boot despite the Premier League taking goals off him.

Kane thought he had netted his 25th league goal of the season in Spurs' 2-1 win over Stoke City on Saturday only to see it subsequently credited to team-mate Christian Eriksen.

Had it stood as Kane's goal he would have moved to within four of 29-goal Salah in his bid finish the league's top marksmen in consecutive seasons.

Tottenham officials are deliberating over whether to lodge an appeal to the Premier League for the goal to be attributed to Kane.

Although Kane claims there is plenty of time to hunt down in-form Liverpool forward Salah even if the decision to award Eriksen the goal is not changed.

"Yes, I still believe I can," Kane said. "Whatever happens, there are still games to go. I've got to focus on my game and I can't control what he does.

"Obviously as a striker, it would be great to win the golden boot again and I will keep working hard from now until the end of the season."

Harry Kane wants to claim Tottenham's second (PA)

Denmark midfielder Eriksen put Spurs ahead against Stoke when he fired home from Dele Alli's cutback but Mame Biram Diouf levelled after Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris' bungled clearance.

Tottenham secured the points when Eriksen curled in a free-kick which Kane claims made the faintest contact with his shoulder.

"I swear on my daughter's life that I touched the ball!" he added. "But there's nothing I can do.

"If they turn it around, they turn it around. If they take my word, they take my word. It is what it is, but the most important thing is that we won the game."

Kane also reckons he will be firing on all cylinders at this summer's World Cup following an injury lay-off.

He completed his first 90 minutes since March 11 when he suffered an ankle blow in Spurs' 4-1 victory over Bournemouth.

However, the 24-year-old striker reckons the time off from playing has allowed him to recharge the batteries.

The striker hasn't missed much football this season (Getty)

And unlike Euro 2016 when Kane looked jaded for the Three Lions after a long season he will be fresh heading into a major tournament.

"I definitely feel I will benefit from the break," Kane said.

"It happened similar last year and I came back strong and that's what I'm aiming to do this summer and take that into the World Cup. I feel good at the moment and it's important I stay fit and healthy and help the team.

"It was good to get the minutes last week and the 90 minutes against Stoke. It's all positive."

Did he touch it ...? (Reuters)

Kane also insists he "100 percent" has no concerns about getting stuck into 50-50s following his recovery from injury.

The blow to his right ankle came after he collided with Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic but the Spurs man will not bottle tackles.

"It's football. You're going to have to challenge," Kane explained. "The ankle feels fine. We've got a week now to train and I'll get stronger and stronger.

"You're going to have to run about. You can't think too far ahead. It's one game at a time."

Mauricio Pochettino is pleased to have his star man back (Getty)

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is pleased to have Kane back fit again.

Although Pochettino insists the rest of his players are proving their worth ahead of their clash against Manchester City, with boss Pep Guardiola having christened them the 'Harry Kane team' earlier in the campaign.

"Harry is great, he is one of the best," said the Argentine. "But of course the team to achieve all that they are doing need good players. With one good player, you achieve nothing. We have a great team, a great squad. I am so happy with that and of course we have not only in Harry a talented player, we have plenty of talented players."