Chelsea keeper Courtois: Harry Kane? I can stop him

Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois is ready for the League Cup final and says he knows how to stop Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane.

The Spurs striker has been in superb form this season, scoring 24 goals in all competitions and will head into Sunday’s League Cupm final against Chelsea in good spirits.

Kane scored twice against Jose Mourinho’s side on New Year’s Day in their Premier League tie, but keeper on that day, Courtois, believes he can stop the young Englishman from repeating his goalscoring exploits at Wembley.

“Yeah, I know it, but I don’t have to say it now,” he told The Telegraph quote the Belgian saying when asked about stopping Kane. “You try and analyse what teams and strikers are like more and more by watching videos.

“But football is football and every game is different. Every time they come in front of you it can be different.”

Courtois has replaced Petr Cech as Chelsea’s number one this season after returning from a three year loan spell with Spanish champions Atletico Madrid and he believes his adaptation to life in the Premier League has gone well.

“I came back to Chelsea to play,” he added. “Of course, it’s always the manager’s decision. But if you come back from loan, obviously you want to try to play as much as possible. Otherwise it’s better to keep being on loan.

“So, of course, I wanted to play. I think Petr and I have both done well for the team, the times we’ve played. We have helped the team every time we could.

“In the beginning you need to adapt a little bit to the style of football. If you play three years in Spain, of course it feels a little different. But, together with the team, we’ve started really well, kept on playing well and I think we are doing great. I try my best every single game.”

However, Courtois remains relaxed about the possibility of starting this weekend’s final, having featured just twice in the competition to date.

“We are just preparing together, with Jamal Blackman also, to play that game, working hard to be our best,” he said. “We find out for sure on the actual day of the game.

“I’m never nervous [about the decision]. If you play, you have to do your best. You have to be prepared to play, even if you end up not starting.

“Something can happen really fast in the game and you have to be ready to come on and play. You have to be ready even if you are on the bench. You have to be ready always. On Sunday, it’s a final and anything can happen.”


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