Harry Kane believes Tottenham Hotspur belong in the Champions League.

The England captain scored twice in Monday's win over Everton, which leaves Spurs three points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.

And Kane says it is the responsibility of the Tottenham players to finish in the top-four.

"I don't think we can hide away from the fact [we are in the race for the top four] and we can't keep saying, 'We're learning, we're improving'," Kane told Standard Sport.

"We're there, we're in amongst it. All we've got to do is be more consistent.

"It's always difficult when a new manager first comes in, he has to implement his ideas and the way he wants to play.

"He's been here now for four months so we can't use a new manager as an excuse. We have to take the responsibility for ourselves.

"The manager is a fantastic coach, I've said that now on many occasions. I really enjoy working with him, so it's down to us players to take that responsibility.

"A lot of us want to be playing in the Champions League. We haven't played in it now for a couple of years but it's where we think the club should be.

"So there's a lot of hard work to go. It's not just about one result because we've had good results like last night's this season already. It's about putting together a run of four, five results in a row.

"Obviously we've got another tough game [at Manchester United] on Saturday. Overall, we have to take it in our stride and make sure we pick up points."