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22nd November 2022
07:26am GMT
This meant that the FA withdrew the idea in order to avoid Kane receiving a yellow card early into the game after previously believing they would only face a fine as punishment.
However when questioned Kane defended himself and his teammates and said the squad's moral actions speak for themselves, referring to the decision to take the knee before kick off.
He said: "I think we’re disappointed.
"I said [on Sunday] we wanted to wear it. That decision was taken out of my hands today. I turned up to the stadium with the armband that I wore and I was told I had to wear that.
"Look, it’s out of our control as players. I’m sure the FA and FIFA will continue those discussions but most importantly today we focused on the game and got a great result.
"You’ve seen over the last five years we’ve made a stand as a squad and we’ll continue to do that as much as we can. We took the knee today as well but sometimes these decisions aren’t up to us and that’s the bottom line.
"As a squad, our focus was on the game today and I think we showed we’re a really good team and have full focus on what we need to do."
Despite FIFA's decision, Kane said he wasn't angry at the governing body.
"I'm not going to say words to get headlines – I said I was disappointed I wasn't able to wear it but that's it."
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