Tottenham assistant coach Cristian Stellini tells referees to protect Harry Kane more THFC
Tottenham assistant coach Cristian Stellini has told referees to protect Harry Kane more after starting him in the FA Cup.
Spurs named a strong side in their 1-0 win over Portsmouth with Kane leading the line alongside Heung-Min Son and Bryan Gil.While they did not put Pompey to the sword quite like they did Crystal Palace in midweek, Kane movedafter his solitary strike clinched victory. With Arsenal next in a crucial north London derby, there were some concerns that Kane could have suffered an unnecessary injury but Stellini rubbished those claims.
The Spurs coach, standing in for Antonio Conte on media duties, exclusively told talkSPORT: “We have eight days until the next game so we have a week to prepare. So it is good for Harry to keep the pace of the game and play with [Heung-min] Son and [Bryan] Gil and find solutions.“For these kind of players, it is better to play every game. When you play every three days maybe you can have a rest sometimes but in this case, he doesn’t need it.
Tottenham have had injury troubles in recent weeks with attacking players Richarlison, Lucas Moura and Dejan Kulusevski all absent, while midfielder Yves Bissouma withdrew in the warm-up before the FA Cup win over Portsmouth.And Stellini insisted that was part of the reason why he could not drop either Kane or Son to the bench.“We need to recover some strikers, we only have three attacking players. We used a young player like Alfie Devine because he deserved to play, he is a good young player.
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