Tottenham striker Harry Kane has praised their young players after last night's defeat at AC Milan.

Kane says young midfielders Oliver Skipp and Pape Matar Sarr should be "proud" of their "outstanding" performances in the Champions League defeat to AC Milan.

Tottenham will be aiming to overturn a 1-0 deficit in next month's last-16 second leg after Brahim Diaz's early goal earned the Italian champions a narrow victory at San Siro.

Kane told the London Evening Standard: "I thought they were both outstanding. It's not easy to come into the team -- two young players who have not got as much experience as some of the others -- in that sort of atmosphere and game, and perform the way they did. They should be proud.

"We were fully behind them and I think it's important that the more experienced players make them feel as comfortable as possible. The boss said before the game, 'We completely trust you and enjoy playing at the San Siro against one of the most famous clubs in the world'. They did that."

Skipp came through the ranks at Spurs and was part of the matchday squad for their 2019 Champions League Final defeat to Liverpool. The England Under-21 international appeared set for a breakthrough season last term, only to miss the final four months of the campaign with a niggling pelvis injury, and has struggled for minutes this year.

"He's just a really hard worker," Kane said. "Keeps his head down, works hard, quite shy but just gets on with his job. He was really unlucky. When Antonio first came in, he was playing a big part of our team. He was playing games, looking good, looking solid then he got quite a big injury in his pelvis area.

"That set him back three or four months, and he's just been working hard to get his time again and been waiting patiently so really happy that he's done well tonight. He'll keep trying to improve and that starts again on Sunday."