Stoke City vs Tottenham: Harry Kane confident Spurs can carry recent good form to Wembley for Champions League

Kane broke his lengthy goal drought as Spurs swept aside Stoke 4-0 to give themselves the perfect prelude to their return to the Champions League

Harry Kane scored his first goal of the season at Stoke (Getty)

Harry Kane believes Tottenham can carry their stylish Stoke form into the Champions League as they prepare to take their campaign to Wembley on Wednesday.

Kane broke his lengthy goal drought as Spurs swept aside Stoke 4-0 to give themselves the perfect prelude to their return to the Champions League against Monaco.

And, despite moving European home games from White Hart Lane, Kane believes Mauricio Pochettino’s men will be happy in their surroundings.

“A lot of us have played there already, so it feels like even more of a home,” said the England man, who scored his side’s fourth goal to become the fastest Spurs player to 50 Premier League goals.

“Everyone knows how iconic Wembley is, but that’s what we’ve got to be careful of, Monaco are going to come here and it’s a big occasion for them as well.

“We have to make sure we’re ready for that.

“We’re not there to just to participate. We want to go as far as we can, we feel we have a group that we can definitely qualify from.

“A good start is important.”

Saturday’s win signalled a return to form for Tottenham after a low-key start to the season.

That followed a poor end to last season, when they collected just two points from their final four games to drop out of title contention.

Dele Alli also scored his first goal of the season (Getty Images)

But Pochettino believes his side have put memories of the last campaign to bed, thanks in part to a lengthy pre-season discussion with his squad.

“Our first meeting when they arrived from their holidays was an hour and a half and I told them all my feelings and my emotions,” Pochettino revealed.

“This was a very tough and very good meeting because it is important now to be focused on this season.

“The past is in the past and now in the present we have a lot of challenges we need to be focused on.

“If you lose a game you can say ‘oh, it’s because we remember the past and we cannot change the chapter’.

“You can use it as an excuse but for me it is in the past and it is good to see the players forget the past because football is in the present, like life.”

Stoke, meanwhile, have continued their disagreement with referees and demanded answers after manager Mark Hughes claimed his side are singled out for punishment.

Hughes was sent to the stands on Saturday in his latest run-in with referees and the Stoke manager later claimed his side are targeted by officials.

He revealed the club contacted refereeing authorities even before the weekend to complain after they were angered by penalties given to Manchester City and Everton.

“They seem to be vigilant and more of a stickler for the rules when Stoke City are involved,” said Hughes, who was ordered from the dugout for leaving his technical area to protest after Marko Arnautovic was booked for diving.

“The people who need to know how I feel have been told already, this season and in previous seasons.

“This season I've been told about the new directives and I should have known better but emotion gets the better of you sometimes and that's why I reacted.

“I watched the Manchester derby it was a very good, passionate game.

“There was emotion on the sidelines. At one point I saw one of the managers step on the pitch and nothing was done about that.

“Clearly I went out of the technical area and they spotted that.”