Antonio Conte: Tottenham boss slams ‘selfish’ players after squandering a two-goal lead at Southampton
Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has slammed his “selfish players” and believes his team is “not a team” after squandering a two-goal lead over bottom club Southampton.
Spurs led Saints 3-1 with 16 minutes remaining and looked set to move into third place, but they conceded twice late on after a James Ward-Prowse penalty in stoppage time saved the home side from a 3-3 draw.
The result dampens Spurs’ hopes of finishing in the top four, with Conte’s side now just two points clear of fifth-placed Newcastle, who have two games in hand.
and their collapse at St Mary’s Caps in a miserable March for Tottenham, who were knocked out of the FA Cup and Champions League earlier this month and left them without a trophy since 2008.
Conti said Sky Sports After the 3-3 draw: “The situation we’ve been in for the last month is not good.
“My team usually shows great stability and not fluctuations, ups and downs, and instead if I had to compare this season and the improvement we’re doing this season compared to last season, I think instead of improving the situation we’re losing the work we did last season.
“I’m not talking about the tactical side, the technical side, I’m talking about spirit, the sense of responsibility with the heart that we have to put on the pitch.
“I think rather than go and improve, we’ll go [on] To lose that characteristic, and in my experience, if you don’t have that characteristic, it can happen that you lose in the championship to half a team like Sheffield United because I remember Sheffield United playing with half a team that were young players and not the first team.
“Today against Southampton, you win 3-1 and you feel the realization; my perception is that anything can happen in every moment. And to be afraid, afraid of what.” [might] It is happening
“I think it’s also true, there is a moment, that the coach is first in charge, the club is first in charge – the players, and the players have to take responsibility because what we’ve been seeing in the last month I don’t like.
“And I’m not used to seeing this kind of situation. I see a lot of selfish players and I don’t see a team.”
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