Antonio Conte lashes out at ‘selfish’ Tottenham players after Southampton collapse

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Antonio Conte He accused Tottenham’s players in Saturday’s 3-3 draw with Southampton of being ‘selfish’, lacking in action and ‘not playing for the team’.

Scoring a goal in the second half, the North London side looked well on their way to a rare away win at St Mary’s. Harry Kane Then, in the 74th minute, Ivan Perisic gave his side a 3-1 lead.

But the former Arsenal striker Theo Walcott The hosts halved the deficit shortly after some shambolic defense before being awarded a controversial penalty in injury time dispatched by James Ward-Prowse.

Conte, whose contract is expiring at the end of the season and is widely expected to leave Spurs, was upset by the penalty decision but infinitely angry at his own players. For the last 20 years.

After the match, a visibly furious Italian said, “To discuss a penalty means you don’t want to see other situations. A penalty for me was not a penalty. And stop.” we close [that] situation. The worst was what happened on the pitch. what happened in the last few months. what’s happening in my second season

“After this performance I think this is unacceptable for me so I think it’s the right time to talk. owes [more] because fraser [Forster] I also made a nice save in one situation.

“I think it’s much better to tackle the problem now. The problem is that we’ve shown again that we’re not a team. Eleven players on the pitch. Wayward players, not wanting to help each other, I see players who don’t put their hearts into it.

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“But we’ve been used to it for a long time here. Clubs are responsible for the transfer market and every coach here is responsible. But players, players… where are the players?! What I can say from my experience is that if you want to be competitive, if you want to fight, you have to improve in this aspect and now this aspect is really, really low at the moment. There are only 11 players playing for.

When asked if the uncertainty surrounding his future contributed to the problem, Conte became even more annoyed: “You’re trying to find an alibi. Another alibi, the players excuse.” Okay keep doing this, find an excuse!You just do this! Excuses for the players “Oh, but the players… maybe the players…my future…” Excuses, excuses, excuses. Try to protect every time. come.

“We are professionals. The club pays us a lot and players, I take money. No excuses, no grit, no responsibility. For me, this is acceptable. No. This is the first time in my career that I have seen such a situation.