Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte claims that it is “impossible” for his side to be considered as top-four contenders on current form.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte has claimed that it is “impossible” for his side to consider a top-four finish on current form.
Spurs fell to a 2-0 defeat at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday afternoon as Raul Jimenez and Leander Dendoncker capitalised on some poor defending in the opening 20 minutes to put the visitors in control.
Conte’s side were ultimately unable to recover from that slow start as they slumped to a third successive Premier League defeat, having gone unbeaten in their opening nine top-flight matches under the Italian.
Conte was pleased with the performance as a whole, but admitted that Spurs are some way off being contenders for Champions League qualification.
“It is very difficult today, at the end it was one of the best games we played, we created many chances to score and we had the possession but for sure it is very difficult to explain the way we started – I think the two goals are very difficult to…