From Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – Antonio Conte has recommended that he took Son Heung-min out of the Tottenham beginning lineup for the great of the staff, however was delighted that the South Korean got here off the bench to rating a hat-trick in Saturday’s 6-2 win over Leicester.
Son had not scored a aim this season prior to the beating of the Foxes and was changed in Spurs’ XI by Dejan Kulusevski.
Tottenham went into the half-time break drawing 2-2, and whereas they re-took the lead quickly after the interval by means of Rodrigo Bentancur, it wasn’t till Son’s introduction simply earlier than the hour mark that the hosts actually clicked into gear.
The 30-year-old scored a quick-fire hat-trick to put Leicester to the sword, and talking post-match, Conte mentioned the thought strategy of dropping Son.
“The people don’t understand for a coach, to manage this type of situation is not easy,” Conte started.
“Sometimes you prefer to play with 13 players. But in some moments, I have to take important decisions. First of all I have to try to be honest in the decision because if you’re honest, you don’t lose the respect of your players.
“I believe in my profession each decision I’m going to take is for one of the best of the staff. The gamers know very properly that I would like to win and each decision is for one of the best of the staff, for one of the best of the participant.”
Speaking to BBC Sport, Conte added: “We have had numerous video games in a row, each three days. He performed each sport. We began with Richarlison on the bench for a lot of video games. Then Kulusevski was on the bench. Then in the present day Son.
“I was a player. Every player wants to play every game but you lose physical energy and mental energy. Sometimes you don’t understand this and think you can play but the performance goes down.
“This season particularly up high now we have gamers. We have [Lucas] Moura and [Bryan] Gil. Rotation is nice for the staff and for participant welfare. If you give vitality and also you play in the way in which Son performed, everyone seems to be pleased.”