Spurs player jokes Conte would have ‘killed’ him during moment against Southampton
Ryan Sessegnon has joked that Antonio Conte would have ‘killed him’ if he had squandered the opportunity which led to his goal against Southampton yesterday afternoon.
Tottenham began their Premier League campaign in convincing fashion with a 4-1 victory at home to the Saints.
The visitors took the lead in the twelfth minute when James Ward-Prowse volleyed home in front of the south stand.
Conte named the England Under-21 international in his starting eleven ahead of new signing Ivan Perisic and certainly paid his manager back with his performance.
Sessegnon headed in his first Premier League goal for the club from an inviting Dejan Kulusevski cross to draw his side level nine minutes later and suggested after the match that he would have been in his manager’s bad books if he had not found the back of the net.
The goal proved to be a turning point in the match with Eric Dier’s header, Mohammed Salisu’s bizarre own goal and a well-deserved Dejan Kulusevski effort rounding off matters.
He told The Sun: “If I hadn’t scored that I think (the manager) would have killed me to be honest!
“There was a moment a couple of minutes earlier when Dejan Kulusevski cut back and I arrived too late and I knew I couldn’t arrive too late the next time he did it.”
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Sessegnon was impressive against the Saints and it was clear to see that the hard work he has been doing to work on his physique and conditioning during the off-season has paid off.
The 22-year-old has had rotten luck with injuries over the past few seasons and will be hoping to stay healthy for the campaign ahead.
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