LONDON -- Harry Kane has said that Tottenham must find a way to win in the biggest games after Saturday's FA Cup semifinal defeat to Chelsea.
Tottenham dominated for long periods at Wembley, twice coming from behind before stunning goals from substitute Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matic sealed a 4-2 win for Chelsea, and condemned Spurs to a record seventh consecutive FA Cup semifinal defeat.
It was Spurs' second defeat to Chelsea this season, after a 2-1 reverse at Stamford Bridge in November -- another occasion when they controlled possession but could not find a way to win against the Premier League leaders.
Spurs also failed to win May's "Battle of the Bridge" with Chelsea -- a 2-2 draw that confirmed Leicester City as last season's league champions -- while they lost to Jose Mourinho's team in the 2015 League Cup final.
"We need to find a way to win these sorts of games," Kane told reporters at Wembley. "We dominate large spells, but Chelsea found a way to win and it was similar a couple of years ago in the League Cup final. We dominated that as well, so it's disappointing, it's hard to take. We can't put our finger really on why -- a bit of luck, a bit of momentum swung their way and it was just hard to come back from that."
Chelsea took the lead after four minutes when Willian's direct free kick wrong-footed Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, before Kane's header levelled the scores. Willian scored his and Chelsea's second from the penalty spot after Son Heung-Min fouled Victor Moses but Dele Alli equalised again.
The introduction of Hazard, Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas turned the match but Chelsea finished with four goals from five shots on target, and they scored from their only corner -- while Spurs had 11 in total.
"Once it went to 2-2, I thought we had the momentum and I thought we were going to go on and win the game and I thought we deserved to," Kane said.
"But the big moments in the game didn't go our way. We conceded from three set-pieces and then of course the fourth goal which is a wonder strike. It's difficult to take but the big moments just didn't go our way today.
"When it got back to 2-2 we were full throttle on the front foot. We created a few chances and then they got a set-piece on the counter attack, it took the wind out of us. We've got to dust ourselves off and go again Wednesday."
Spurs' preparations for the match were rocked by the sudden death of the club's under-23 coach Ugo Ehiogu on Friday, after the 44-year-old had suffered a cardiac arrest at the training ground on Thursday afternoon.
Tottenham remain in the hunt for a first Premier League title, trailing Chelsea by four points with six games remaining, and Kane says the players will do everything they can to win the league in Ehiogu's memory.
"Of course, we will do everything we can to win the league for him," Kane said. "We wanted to win today for him and for ourselves as well. We can't control what Chelsea do now -- we just have to win as many as we can and it starts Wednesday with a tough game away at Crystal Palace."
"The last couple of days have been tough. Ugo was a great character around the training ground, it was just shocking news to be honest. But look, that's no excuse for what happened today, we still had a job to do. I thought we did very well, I thought we played well. We probably deserved more but when you play the big teams on the big stage you need those big moments to go your way and it didn't today."