LONDON -- Mauricio Pochettino has created a "brotherhood" at Tottenham that can help the club compete with their big-spending rivals, according to Harry Kane.
Tottenham have taken four points from their opening two league matches after a draw at Everton and Saturday's 1-0 win against Crystal Palace, but they face a battle to improve on last season's third-place finish after changes in the dressing room and the dugout at Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.
While most of their rivals have spent big this summer, Spurs have signed Victor Wanyama -- who scored an 82nd-minute against Palace -- and Vincent Janssen for a relatively modest £28 million combined.
Kane, however, believes the "team bond" created by Pochettino will ensure Spurs can continue to compete with their wealthier Premier League rivals.
"We have got a great team. The manager has brought a couple of new signings in. We have got a great team bond. We went through a lot last year, both highs and lows, so we have got that experience together," Kane told reporters after setting-up Wanyama's goal at White Hart Lane.
"The gaffer has created a family atmosphere, a brotherhood between the players. Teams that buy a lot of players feel like they need to change something. The manager has felt we did not need to change too much. We have got a great core. Let the talk be about everyone else, like it was last season, and we will just keep doing what we are doing.
"We said before the game that we do not want to fall too far behind the leaders already. There are some top teams in the Premier League this season and we have got to try and stay up the top. Last season I do not think we won for the first four games and we wanted to put that right. It was important to win at home and hopefully take that momentum into next week.
"We played very well," Kane added. "We created a lot of chances in the first and second half and were definitely deserved winners. After a while, when you have chance after chance and they are not going in, you wonder if it is going to be one of those days. It shows the character in the squad. We kept going and got that all important goal at the end."
Kane won the Premier League Golden Boot last season after netting 25 goals, but he dropped back into the No. 10 role against Palace, with Pochettino handing Janssen his first start as a lone striker.
Pochettino said the role helped Kane to be "more free" and the England international is encouraged by his partnership with the Dutchman, and happy to play in a deeper role.
"I played as a No. 10 throughout my time in the youth team and a lot growing up, so I'm used to that position. It feels like a long time ago now but I am happy to play that role and I think it worked well on Saturday," he said. "I thought we played well together. He [Janssen] likes to hold it up and bring others into play. We created a lot of chances and on another day I think we both could have scored a couple of goals.
"If the managers want us to play together throughout the season then we are more than capable of doing that. We will create a lot of chances and score a lot of goals.
"The more players that can contribute to goals and assists, the better it is for the team. Vincent is a great player and on another day he could have had a couple of goals. I am sure we will both score goals this season, as will others.
"Some games you need [a second striker]," he added. "Palace like to drop deep. Probably last season there were some games you are alone up there and it is difficult to get on the ball and create chances. It is great having two strikers on the pitch. You have that knowledge of getting in the box, finding spaces to try and score goals.
"The gaffer will probably change it now and then throughout the season. We know we can play together and we have good options."