Antonio Conte has admitted he made a late decision on starting Harry Kane in Wednesday night's Carabao Cup defeat at Nottingham Forest. Kane has started every game for both club and country so far this season in what has been a schedule like no other.
Given Spurs' European commitments, they have had midweek matches every single week since the beginning of September. Spurs host Leeds United on Saturday in what is the final match at club level before the World Cup in Qatar, which Kane will almost certainly be jetting off to with England.
Despite the hectic schedule, Conte opted to start Kane in their Carabao Cup third round tie with Forest, though he could not prevent them from being knocked out. Speaking after the game, Conte revealed Kane is very much suffering with 'tiredness' at the moment but his lack of strikers meant he felt compelled into starting him.
