Antonio Conte admits he might have made a mistake by not trusting Joe Rodon in Tottenham's leaky defence, but is backing his evaluation of the player.
The Wales centre-half has been notable by his absence in recent weeks, with Conte appearing to favour a number of others ahead of him in his back line.
The Spurs head coach said before Christmas that he saw Rodon as a back-up to Eric Dier in the middle of a three-man defence, but Rodon has not got anywhere near the line-up even with Dier missing seven of the last eight games through injury.