Antonio Conte
is putting up a bold front and has urged Chelsea to accept the defeat to a
great team like Spurs , which ended Chelsea’s run of 13 games unbeaten and a
chance to do the record breaking 14-match consecutive win in a season.
Dele Alli got
on the end of a pair of Eriksen’s crosses to score both goals of the match with
headers, helping spurs to a 2-0 win.
Conte was
particularly sad about the fact that Alli’s second came after both Costa and
Hazard came close to equalising.
“We knew that
this could happen before now,” he told Sky Sports. “I think I saw a game with a
good balance. They scored a goal at the end of the first half and then they
scored the second goal in our best moment.
“It’s a pity
to stop this run but Tottenham is a good team, a really strong team and I think
for sure they are one of the teams who can fight for the title until the end.
“They fought
last season and for sure Tottenham can fight also this year.
“Two good
teams with good intensity and good pressure tried to win the game. Tottenham
scored in two strange moments [especially in] the second half when we missed
two chances to equalise.”
Asked whether
his usually miserly defence should come under scrutiny for their failure to
deal with Alli, Conte added: “I didn’t see the [replay of] of the situation
but, for sure, I saw a good cross and a good header. With the team we will see.
“My team, we
are at the top of the table because we are working a lot and I think that from
last season we improved a lot.
“But for sure
this championship is very tough and for this reason it is important to work and
continue to improve.
“It can
happen, a defeat against Tottenham.
“Now it is
important to restart. After 13 wins in a row it is difficult to accept a defeat
but this is football and we must accept and remember our defeat arrived with a
great team.”
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