Antonio Conte has insisted that he is “really proud” to be the manager of Tottenham Hotspur following his side’s 1-0 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Tottenham went into Monday night’s game against Fulham after a tough spell as they were beaten by Arsenal and Manchester City in the Premier League over the past week.
Spurs needed a victory to boost their top four hopes and they went in front just before the interval despite Fulham being the better side in the early stages.
Harry Kane worked the ball onto his right foot and swept the ball home past ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno from the edge of the penalty. This goal saw Kane move level on 266 Spurs goals with club-record scorer Jimmy Greaves.
Leno made a good save to prevent Kane from breaking Tottenham’s goalscoring record in the second half but he will not mind too much as his side ran out 1-0 winners.
Tottenham remain fifth in the table with this win but they are now just three points adrift of fourth-placed Man Utd having played one game more.
It has recently been reported that Conte is set to leave Spurs but he has indicated that he is happy where he is and he wants his players to “suffer” in trying to achieve their goals this season.
“I had a good answer from my players. I asked them for solidity of the last season and the will and desire to fight and to be resilient. A good result for the fans and we showed when you play as a team it is difficult to play against us. I was happy with the performance in the last few games but we had two losses, against Arsenal and Manchester City,” Conte told Sky Sports.
“Today has to be a starting point for us to give everything then we will see what happens at the end. We have to try to stay in the race for the Champions League and try to go to the next round in the FA Cup.
“It was important to speak in the past few days and to explain the situation. Compared to last season, we continued to score goals, but to concede 21 goals in 10 games; it wasn’t positive. But I am happy with the response.
“When I see this attitude, desire and helping each other, for me it is very important. If we want to do well and continue to dream, for sure the first thing we should not lose is the desire to be a team. Every time it happens, it will be difficult to play against us.
“This season, only Arsenal have not had a difficulty. You can find a period of difficulty but I know in this period you can improve. Now we are fifth in the table, we are…
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