Antonio Conte tells Spurs stars to “move on quickly” from “strange” Arsenal game
Antonio Conte labelled Tottenham Hotspur’s north London derby loss to Arsenal as a “strange” game and told his players to move on quickly from the 3-1 defeat.
The Lilywhites were wasteful in the first half and were made to pay in the second 45 minutes due to mistakes of their own. Emerson Royal’s red card in the 62nd minute killed off the game for us when the scoreline was 2-1.
But the fact of the matter is that Spurs were not good enough in the final third and in possession on a lot of occasions, and it was our fault that we were not leading or at least level when the Brazil international was sent off.
Speaking after the game in his post-match interview, Conte said (h/t Football.London):
“I spoke with the players and said to try and move on quickly because sometimes you have a strange game. I think today was a game that after the first half we felt the possibility to win the game because we had the chances that we should exploit much better.”
The Lilywhites now have a big UEFA Champions League group stage game against Eintracht Frankfurt on October 4. There is no point crying over spilt milk and Conte believes that his team needs to pick the positives from the game and be ready for the challenge come Tuesday.
“In the second half to concede the goal quickly and then the red card, the game changed totally. Now I think we have to move on and know we have to take the positivity of this game. “
