ANTONIO Conte has warned his Tottenham stars that no one is undroppable in the aftermath of their sloppy Champions League defeat at Sporting Lisbon.
Conte’s side crashed to their first loss in eight games in all competitions this season as Sporting scored twice in stoppage-time to win 2-0 on Tuesday.
Although Tottenham had been in good form before their trip to Portugal, there have been concerns over the form of South Korea forward Son Heung-min. Son has failed to score a single goal this term after finishing as the Premier League’s joint top-scorer last season.
Harry Kane also missed several chances in the Sporting defeat and Conte was quick to make it clear he won’t tolerate sustained periods of poor form, even from his best players.
“There are no players that are undroppable. This has to be very clear,” Conte told reporters. “If I am telling this it is only to protect my players and to give them the possibility to be, in every moment, at the top.
“Then you know very well you can play one game well, another you can score, another not, but my task is to try to protect my players and to protect the team.
“In the Champions League they are always massive games and for this reason I need to have all my players available.
