LONDON -- Mauricio Pochettino abandoned plans to name Harry Kane on the bench for Sunday's 2-0 FA Cup win over Aston Villa after the striker spent a sleepless night while his girlfriend was in childbirth.
Kane became a father for the first time on Sunday morning and was unable to feature in the third-round win after spending most of the day catching up on sleep.
Me and @KateGoodlandx had our beautiful baby girl this morning, Ivy Jane Kane at 7:30am. Weighing 7.8pounds. Amazing feeling, so proud!ufffdufffdu2764ufffdufffdufffdufffd
- Harry Kane (@HKane) January 8, 2017
Pochettino made nine changes from Wednesday's win over Chelsea, with only Toby Alderweireld and Eric Dier keeping their places, and he revealed he had initially planned for Kane to join Dele Alli on the bench.