Southgate explains surprise Kane substitution

Gareth Southgate said England striker Harry Kane was tired after not playing a full 90 minutes in recent weeks

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00:00Well, we just felt the whole front line put a lot of work into the game the other day

00:06He's not had he's only had 190 minutes in the last five or six weeks

00:10So the other night took a lot out of him. I mean we could have stayed with it, but we thought

00:15To get speed in the front line at that moment to get energy to be able to press was was important

00:23So yeah, that's that was the decision we took with with all of the substitutes basically

00:28We we didn't press the ball with enough intensity

00:32And we kept conceding possession too cheaply and when you do those two things

00:38It's hard to have control in the game. So

00:42It led to a an anxious performance the longer the game went on and we understand that

00:48that's got to be better if we want to progress to the stages of the tournament that

00:54Everybody's expecting and delivering what we need to deliver