Antonio Conte has admitted Tottenham need to improve and become more consistent after seeing his side fall to a 3-2 defeat to Manchester United, although he is seeing improvements from the squad.
Spurs were undone by a hat-trick from Cristiano Ronaldo despite clawing United back twice in Saturday evening’s encounter at Old Trafford.
The defeat means Spurs have now continued their bizarre win-loss-win-loss run of games since the turn of the year which has hindered their pursuit of qualifying for the Champions League.
Although Conte believes his side is making a marked improvement, he feels there is still plenty of work to be done to bring a string of positive results down the line.
He said (via Football.London): “I’m the first to say that if we want to be competitive and improve your level, you have to work a lot. We are up and down. In the last five games, we scored three goals at [Manchester] City.
“The team is improving and scoring a lot of goals. At the same time, we have to use experience and manage the game.
“I have to try to change this situation by working a lot. This situation doesn’t come from now but it came from a long period to see up and down, up and down. We have to continue to work and try to give continuity to make more experience to manage the game.
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“For example, we have equalised and after one minute we conceded the second goal. I want to push my players. Our ambition has to be to stay close to the top four. We are working hard and I’m seeing improvement.
“It’s frustrating because this is a match when we deserved more.”
Tottenham will look to shake off their disappointment when they are next in action, with a trip to Brighton on Wednesday.
The Seagulls have hit a rough spell of form themselves having tasted victory in the Premier League once in their last nine games.
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The performance was good at points, but it was a case of silly mistakes at crucial times that was Tottenham’s undoing.
Conte has a job on his hands to bring an end to this fluctuating spell of form, especially now that a top-four place is falling away.
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