Harry Kane one of the best in the World but everyone must contribute for England - Cahill
GETTY Gary Cahill wants England to rely less on Harry Kane
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola memorably labelled Tottenham “that Harry Kane team” last weekend after the striker scored twice against Huddersfield for his club. On Thursday it was Kane again, named as England’s captain by coach Gareth Southgate, who led from the front, this time for his country, with the goal that won the game against Slovenia in injury time at Wembley, after a turgid display. It was Kane’s 14th goal in nine games for club and country, and the 24-year-old’s fitness and form are crucial to any hopes England might have of success in the finals in Russia next summer. But Chelsea defender Cahill warned: “He has been fantastic for us, but you don’t to go into a tournament with everything on Harry Kane. “We want Harry to be in fantastic form, but we want everyone to contribute. Going into the tournament we want everyone to have the kind of confidence he is showing at the minute. The fearless mentality. That’s the way he is at the minute.
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I see Harry being one of the best in the world in terms of form. He’s at a fantastic age and his finishing is unbelievable Gary Cahill on Kane
“At this moment in time I see Harry being one of the best in the world in terms of form. He’s at a fantastic age and his finishing is unbelievable. “He’s in great form and he must be gushing with confidence. He must feel like he’s going to score every time he takes the pitch. Not even one, it’s like, ‘How many am I going to get today?’ He must have that kind of mentality. “But every good team has people who contribute all over the pitch.” Southgate’s side struggled woefully at Wembley against a Slovenia team set up to defend and hit them on the break, and lacked the ability to kill teams off. But Cahill insisted: “Those are things we can learn. We’ve done the job we had to do. We’ve qualified, which is the most important thing. “Now we have to really see how we can compete against these big teams. And I don’t mean in November when we play Germany and Brazil in friendlies, if we win or lose two games and everyone gets carried away. These are vital games for us to learn in.