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Agbonlahor: Spurs boss Conte needs to demand answers from Kane after US trip

Former Aston Villa captain Gabby Agbonlahor says Tottenham boss Antonio Conte must demand an explanation from Harry Kane for his jaunt to the US last week.

Ahead of defeat at home to Brighton, the frontman opted to fly out to the Masters before reportedly returning to training 'bleary-eyed' on Tuesday.

On the matter, Agbonlahor told talkSPORT: "If you're Harry Kane, I'm his biggest fan, but if you're flying out from the Aston Villa game to the Masters, doing that travelling, coming back and putting in a performance like that, questions have got to be asked.

"Was that the right thing for him to go and do? Because today they were toothless going forward, Spurs. No shots on target. Every time they seem to get a bit of an edge against Arsenal and Manchester United, they throw it away.

"He would have had approval [from Conte], but they way he played [against Brighton] was like he was jet-lagged. He wasn't the Harry Kane we're used to seeing and every time they seem to get a lead in the top-four [race] they seem to let their rivals back into it.

"As much as we keep looking at fixtures and what the results are going to be, these teams could lose any game, any week."

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