Tottenham Hotspur gives White Hart Lane perfect finish

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Levy has overseen Tottenham's £800million stadium project, which will see Mauricio Pochettino's men move to Wembley next season while their new base next to White Hart Lane is completed.

"It is true that we will play in the new stadium and we will take the last step to win something".

"Next season we will try to win the league". "I said before I'd love to score the winning goal and for it to happen is brilliant".

The Lane has been graced by such Spurs greats as Jimmy Greaves, Steve Perryman and Glenn Hoddle and it was fitting that Kane, emblem of their exciting current side, should be their final goal-scorer there.

I made my Spurs debut there in August 1985 against Watford and scored twice in a 4-0 win - they were both headers, and I think that was the last time I headed the ball.

"It was a very emotional game and emotional ceremony".

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The Spurs manager said "the club need the push" of moving from White Hart Lane to their new 61,000-seat arena next door, after a season at Wembley Stadium, having finished third last season and second now. "When people say we gamble (with the team selection at Tottenham), we didn't gamble, we didn't choose the Europa League".

Until recently, the visit of United to White Hart Lane would be a story of Spurs playing nice football but losing to Sir Alex Ferguson's hardened and experienced trophy winners.

Mourinho, whose changes included 19-year-old defender Axel Tuanzebe lining up in midfield, saw his side fall behind in the sixth minute.

On the pitch a club record-equalling 14-match winning sequence at home propelled them into next season's Champions League while in Argentine Pochettino they boast one of Europe's most highly-regarded coaches. The only opportunity that came United's way was a curled effort from Anthony Martial that fizzed past the post.

But with Spurs' fans happily serenading favourites of yesteryear - Ledley King, Teddy Sheringham, Aaron Lennon, who is fighting mental health issues at present - the hosts reasserted control. United would take more than a few of Tottenham's players, however, but such is the upwards trajectory of this Spurs team that it is inconceivable to think that Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Hugo Lloris or Toby Alderweireld would want to swap North London for Old Trafford in terms of furthering their careers. United's decline has been mirrored by captain Wayne Rooney's diminishing influence on the team. "I am so happy", Pochettino said.

The title is gone now and the same will soon apply to White Hart Lane - 1899 to 2017 - but it was some way to go and one final happy memory from the stadium that gave us The Game Is About Glory.

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