Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte has told Football.London what he said to his players after the match against Everton at Goodison Park.
What’s the story?
Spurs played out a goalless draw with Everton away from home in the Premier League yesterday.
The Toffees ended the game with 10 men due to the dismissal of Mason Holgate.
It was not the most exciting of matches.
Spurs failed to create too many chances and were largely disappointing.
What Antonio Conte said
The match against Everton was Conte’s first in charge of Spurs in the Premier League.
The former Chelsea boss told Football.London after the game: “Lo Celso went in very well and hit a post but for sure I have to know very well the whole squad and I said to my players that we have to know each other better and for me they have to give me the possibility to know them very well and then every single player have to try to make me difficulty because I like to win and I pick the players that I think can give us the possibility to win.”
Making a mark
Conte was appointed only a few days ago.
It takes time for a manager to make his mark on his new team.
We have to say that it has been an encouraging start for Spurs under the former Inter Milan boss.
Tottenham won against Vitesse in the Europa Conference League last week.
Then Spurs kept a clean sheet against Everton.
At Goodison Park.
Everton are not a bad team, and picking up a point against Rafael Benitez’s side is an encouraging result.
Conte will now have two weeks to work with his Spurs players in training over the international break.
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