Tottenham striker Harry Kane admits he will be a West Ham fan for one day only as the Hammers look to upset Chelsea on Monday night.
Spurs cut the gap behind Antonio Conte’s league leaders to seven points on Sunday by beating Everton 3-2 as Kane scored twice before Dele Alli added a third late on.
Chelsea can restore their advantage to 10 points with a win at the London Stadium, but Kane is hoping Slaven Bilic’s men can do Tottenham a favour.
Kane said: “I am supporting West Ham, we don’t normally say that here. Of course we want West Ham to win because we want to catch Chelsea and we want them to drop points.“But we’ve got to concentrate on ourselves, build a gap on the teams around us and if Chelsea drop points then great and if they don’t then we’ll be second or third.”
Tottenham were Leicester’s closest rivals in the title race last season but crumbled when the pressure mounted during the run-in.
A kind run of fixtures could see Mauricio Pochettino’s crank up the heat on Chelsea and Kane says Spurs have to prove they are ready to last the pace this time around.
“Hopefully. It’s hard to talk and say we are because we’ve got to show we are,” said Kane, who leads the Premier League scoring charts with 19 goals.