Posted: 00:29, 10 November 2022 | Updated: 01:55, 10 November 2022
Antonio Conte has revealed that Harry Kane is suffering from severe fatigue just over a week before he flies out to lead England to the World Cup. Despite his reported fatigue, the Spurs boss still opted to start the striker in his side’s soft 2-0 defeat of Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night. But Kane was unable to prevent the drop in another poor performance before being withdrawn after an hour of the third-round clash at the City Ground. Harry Kane couldn’t prevent Tottenham’s defeat at Nottingham Forest on Wednesday However, Conte stood by his decision to start the England captain, insisting he had no other suitable strikers to take his place. “With Harry, until this morning we were waiting to see if he could start or not,” said the Italian. But in this situation he was the only striker for us. For this reason I can only say thank you for the availability they show me. The striker was replaced by manager Antonio Conte just before the hour mark “It was a fatigue problem. Really, really tired and yesterday we had a mild workout and at some point he stopped to regain energy. “But it’s ok, it’s just tiredness but it’s normal because Harry played every game. When you have a player like him, it’s hard to decide not to play with him. Other players might say to me, “I’m tired and I don’t want to play and help the team.” I have a group of players who are men and good players because of it. “Someone else could be selfish and think to themselves why in a week they have to play the World Cup. On the contrary, Harry Kane has shown that he is a very good person. “Today was very difficult if Kane said to me, ‘maybe it’s better not to start today because I’m at a high risk of injury.’ Kane applauds fans after Tottenham’s 2-0 defeat as they exit Carabao Cup “But I repeat, it is normal, what is happening in this period.” Given Tottenham’s grueling schedule, it is no surprise that they were outplayed by Forest, who did not show their place at the bottom of the Premier League. Renan Lodi put the hosts ahead in the 50th minute before Jesse Lingard doubled the advantage seven minutes later. Orel Mangala was sent off with 15 minutes remaining but the home side held on comfortably.
