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Harry Kane says Tottenham Hotspur proved they are no walkovers against Chelsea on Monday, but admitted they could have controlled the game better after throwing away another lead. Spurs' faint hopes of beating Leicester to the Premier League title ended at Stamford Bridge as they squandered a two-goal advantage to draw 2-2, leaving the Foxes as champions with two matches to spare. Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min put Tottenham in control at half-time but Gary Cahill and Eden Hazard hit back after the break in a bad-tempered match which saw nine visiting players booked -- a Premier League record. Kyle Walker, Mousa Dembele and Erik Lamela were involved in ugly off-the-ball incidents, missed by Mark Clattenburg, and the trio could join Dele Alli in facing a retrospective ban by the Football Association once the referee's report has been assessed. Kane, who bagged his 25th Premier League goal of the season to stretch his lead at the top of the scoring charts, felt Spurs showed their mettle against the Blues. "We're not just a young team that people can just walk over -- we're here to fight and we're here to get better and better," Kane told Ham and High. "Chelsea did what they had to do -- they were fighting for it, and so were we. We did all we could, it's just a disappointing night. "We're fighting for the Premier League [title] in a London derby, it doesn't get much bigger than that. Of course there are going to be challenges flying in, tempers getting flared up, but that's football." It was the second time in consecutive matches Spurs have lost a lead after West Brom claimed a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane last week, and the eighth time this season in the league. "We probably could have controlled the game a bit better in the second half with the ball, just slowing the tempo down and taking the stuffing out of them, but again it's something we've got to learn from," Kane added. "We're a young side, we're getting experience from every game and we'll only learn from this. "It isn't only these two games, we've done that a lot this season where we've been leading at half-time and we just haven't finished teams off. We had a couple of chances in the second half just to put it to bed, and the third goal always does that. "We're gutted now but in a few weeks' time we'll probably look back and say it wasn't a bad season. It's obviously disappointing the way that it's happened, but I'm proud of my team, I'm proud of everyone involved in the club. We couldn't have fought much more, we've done all we could. It's just a sad way to finish a great season." Meanwhile, Danny Rose has apologised for setting a bad example during Monday's clash. Rose, who sparked a brawl after clashing with Willian, said he was sorry for how the game may have looked to young viewers. "It is not nice to see for kids here or kids watching on TV. I apologise if it looked bad on TV," Rose said. "It is a London derby. It is to be expected. We wanted to win and they wanted to stop us having any more say in the title race. There are no bad words to say about Chelsea. These are the games you want to be part of. It was a great game." The ill-feeling continued after the match as another scrum outside the tunnel saw Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink fall to the ground as the two sets of players clashed. "I couldn't tell you what happened, it was just handbags being thrown," Rose said. "I saw the Chelsea manager fell on the floor. I hope he is alright. People were saying from the bench that he conducted himself like a true gentleman throughout the whole game. He did not want any trouble to be started." Information from the Press Association was used in this report.
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