Antonio Conte: World-class striker Harry Kane can break more records at Spurs

Antonio Conte has told Harry Kane he can fulfil his goalscoring ambitions in his Tottenham team after the England captain entered the Premier League record books.

Kane’s second-half strike in the 2-0 win at Brighton saw him become the record away goalscorer with 95 while also overtaking Frank Lampard to go fifth in the overall list with 178.

The 28-year-old, whose future is sure to be in the spotlight at the end of the season, has said Alan Shearer’s record of 260 goals is in his sights and Conte says he can help him overhaul it if he stays at Spurs.

“We are very happy because Harry is scoring a lot. He started this season and he struggled a bit because he didn’t score a lot,” the Italian said.

“Now we are very happy because as a manager I know that I have a world-class striker that in every game he can score.

“To have Harry in your team makes you stronger. Harry is starting to understand with this team, with the way we are playing, he has every game many chances to improve his record and score and to enjoy.

“I am seeing that he is enjoying to play with us together and with his team-mates and with this way we are playing.”

Cristian Romero put Spurs ahead in the first half as Conte’s men restated their position in the top-four race.

They are now three points behind Arsenal, who have a game in hand, while Spurs host West Ham on Sunday.

“The win means we are improving and we are trying to go in another step to try to be very close to the top of the table,” Conte said.

“It is right to have ambition and I put ambition to my players because it is important to have a target, a difficult target for sure because to reach the fourth place is not simple, it will be very difficult, at this moment we are ready to fight for every