Conte defends Spurs style compared to Arsenal

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4 Oct 2022 • 2:47 PM MYT
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Antonio Conte has spoken about the contrasting styles of Tottenham and Arsenal.

The Spurs boss was asked about the way his side plays, compared to Mikel Arteta's Gunners.

Spurs are coming off a disappointing North London derby defeat to Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.

Asked about styles, he stated: “No, I think that for the characteristics of the players we have to defend situations, and if we were able to exploit the situation, especially last passes, we would have been able to score many goals against Arsenal.

“Instead, we made really bad mistakes for the last passes because we had the opportunity to go one-to-one but every team has to think and understand the way to play different games.

“Then I repeat last season we won 3-0 and in the same way then when you lose you have to explain and when you win the opponent has to explain, but for me it's important to try to have a plan, to put my players in the best possible situation to exploit their characteristics.

“Otherwise, it can happen that you can concede six, seven or eight goals, in England that happens a lot of times. In my career never, never happened and I don't like to play open and concede a lot of space and conceded six, seven or eight goals. In England happened a lot of times. I won in England and then I won in my past and I think I can teach football to many people."