Roy Hodgson: 'Comparing Harry Kane and Cristiano Ronaldo pointless'

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has said that comparing Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane to Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo is a "pointless exercise".

Kane featured in Tottenham's 3-1 win over Real Madrid at Wembley on Wednesday evening and has scored eight goals in nine appearances this term.

The England international will meet up with former Three Lions boss Hodgson on Sunday when Spurs meet Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

"Harry Kane is not [Cristiano] Ronaldo, Ronaldo is not [Lionel] Messi, Messi is not [Gonzalo] Higuain," Hodgson told reporters at his pre-match press conference.

"You can't compare players. [Kane] plays like a centre-forward. A very, very good forward, but starting to say say that he is number one in the world or number two in the world is a pointless exercise."

Tottenham's win over Madrid, in which Dele Alli scored a brace, qualified them for the knockout stages of the Champions League.