Fabrizio Romano shares what Conte told Spurs players ahead of Man City clash

Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Antonio Conte asked the Tottenham players to make a statement with their performance against Manchester City following the negative headlines ahead of the game.

There seemed to be a bit of doom and gloom surrounding Spurs heading into their clash at the Etihad, given that the club had lost three consecutive matches in the Premier League.

In addition, Conte was also quoted as saying in an interview with Sky Sport Italia that Tottenham may have ‘weakened’ their squad in January, which created quite a bit of controversy.

However, the Italian shut down the mistranslations in his pre-match press conference on Friday, questioning why some media outlets wanted to create problems between him and the club (Football.London).

Conte certainly got the response he was looking for from his players at the Etihad and the Tottenham boss said after his side’s 3-2 win that he has found the ‘best group’ of players he has ever worked with in his career, in terms of their attitude (Evening Standard).

Romano has now revealed that the 52-year-old has never considered leaving Tottenham and made it clear to the squad that he wanted to see a reaction on Saturday.

The journalist said on his YouTube channel: “They (Spurs) needed the reaction, and from what I’m told – and as I said here on the channel – Antonio Conte, also after his interview to Sky Italy, he is not planning things like leaving or creating a problem.

“No, he wants to be clear, he wants to react, he wants the club to think with a winning mentality and he wanted the players to react on the pitch.

“This is what he asked in the dressing room the day before the game with Man City, and this is what we saw on the pitch.

“Antonio wanted Tottenham to make a statement in this game – for Tottenham, for Antonio himself and for the players. This is what happened.”

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I hate to think what the headlines would have been had Spurs fallen to another loss on Saturday, given that some media outlets seem determined to create a rift between Conte and the Tottenham hierarchy.

This win should change the mood around the club and should help restore the players’ confidence after the two unexpected defeats against Southampton and Wolves.

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