Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino believes his striker Harry Kane and Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy are on a par with Manchester City’s explosive Argentine forward Sergio Aguero.

Vardy, the Premier League’s top scorer with 18 goals this season, has helped steer Leicester to the top of the table, while Harry Kane, who is joint-second in the scoring charts with 15, has spearheaded Spurs’ unexpected title challenge.

Aguero, whose season has been disrupted by injury, was top scorer in the league last season with 26 goals and is firmly established among the world’s top striking talents.

Despite playing more than 800 minutes less than both Vardy and Kane this season, he has still managed to score 13 league goals, including five in his last three games.

“Today Vardy and Kane show big quality and the same quality as Aguero,” Pochettino told reporters yesterday.

“They are all different and come from different circumstances but today Vardy and Kane are at the same level as Aguero.”

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