Antonio Conte has admitted that England captain Harry Kane is “really really tired” and struggled to get through a training session before Tottenham ’s Carabao Cup tie against Nottingham Forest.
Spurs were beaten 2-0 by Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night to exit the competition in the third round. Conte named a strong side for the midweek fixture, but couldn’t prevent a second successive defeat, following their 2-1 loss against Liverpool on Sunday.
Goals from Renan Lodi and Jesse Lingard secured the win for Forest as Conte made all five of his substitutions in the second half. Kane was taken off as part of a triple change in the 59th minute and the Spurs manager explained post-match that he would have rested him for the fixture if he had other options.
