Conte slams ‘selfish’ Tottenham after draw with Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — The probabilities of Tottenham returning to the Champions League subsequent season are beginning to look a bit slimmer after the group threw away a two-goal lead at last-place Southampton on Saturday.
The probabilities of Antonio Conte returning to teach the group subsequent season are wanting even slimmer after the Italian tore into his gamers for being “selfish” and slammed the membership for not having a profitable mentality.
After James Ward Prowse’s injury-time penalty earned Southampton a 3-3 draw within the Premier League, a despondent Conte responded by questioning his gamers’ angle and accused them of not taking part in as a collective.
“I’m not used to see this type of situation,” Conte stated. “I see a lot of selfish players. And I don’t see a team.”
Conte turned referred to as a serial winner after main each Juventus and Inter Milan to the Serie A title and Chelsea to the Premier League crown. But he’s set to complete a second season at Tottenham with no trophy after the group went out of the Champions League and FA Cup just lately. And he may even see the group miss out on a Champions League spot as its grip on fourth place is more and more shaky.
Tottenham has not gained a trophy in any competitors for the reason that 2008 League Cup and Conte — in feedback that may solely gasoline hypothesis that he needs to depart the membership — accused the Tottenham gamers and hierarchy of being content material with that.
“I see selfish players, I see players that don’t want to help each other and don’t put their heart (in),” Conte informed his post-game news convention. “Why? Because they are used to it here, they are used to it. They don’t play for something important, yeah. They don’t want to play under pressure, they don’t want to play under stress. It is easy in this way. Tottenham’s story is this. Twenty years there is the (same) owner and they never won something.”
Tottenham would have provisionally climbed above Manchester United into third with a win, however is now simply two factors forward of fifth-place Newcastle, which has performed two fewer video games.
Tottenham had taken a 3-1 lead after Pedro Porro and Ivan Perisic netted their first objectives for the membership and Harry Kane scored his twenty third of the marketing campaign.
Southampton had solely scored twice in its earlier 5 league appearances however the hosts confirmed the identical struggle that noticed them just lately take factors off Chelsea and Manchester United to come back again and increase their survival hopes.
Ward-Prowse’s late penalty, after Pape Sarr had fouled Ainsley Maitland-Niles within the space, added to second-half efforts by Che Adams and Theo Walcott to earn Saints a degree.
For Southampton, the purpose may show essential in an ever-tightening battle to keep away from relegation. The membership remained backside of the standings, however solely 4 factors separate it from Crystal Palace in twelfth place.
