Conte calls on his Spurs stars to ‘play with personality’ at Old Trafford
Antonio Conte has said that he wants his players to express themselves at Old Trafford and come away with all three points. Tottenham have made their best-ever start to a Premier League season, having accumulated 23 points from their first 10 matches of the campaign. The Lilywhites now face one of their hardest tests yet […]
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Antonio Conte has said that he wants his players to express themselves at Old Trafford and come away with all three points.
Tottenham have made their best-ever start to a Premier League season, having accumulated 23 points from their first 10 matches of the campaign.
The Lilywhites now face one of their hardest tests yet this evening, taking on a Man Utd side, who although have not quite clicked into gear this season, have shown some signs of improvement over the last couple of months.
A win for Spurs will see them open up a ten-point gap on the Red Devils but Conte is certainly under no illusions about the difficulty of the task his players face.
The Tottenham head coach told Football.London about Man Utd: “We are talking about a top club with amazing history. I lived as a player at Juventus during their best period. I saw this fantastic period at United.
“For sure, to play at Old Trafford is not simple, not easy. It’s not a good place for the opponent, there is a fantastic atmosphere. But at the same time, it’s a big theatre, you have to go there and play with personality, play your football, your ideas.
“This period is not a lucky period for United if you compare to 10 years ago, but only two years ago, don’t forget, United fought for the Premier League and finished second behind City.
“We are talking about a team that if they don’t make big mistakes they always stay in the top four, play Champions League and fight for the title and trophies.”
Erik Ten Hag’s men have a decent home record this season, having turned over both Arsenal and Liverpool at the Theatre of Dreams but Conte insisted that Tottenham are going into the game with the aim of getting all three points.
The Italian added: “I’d like my team to go there and play with personality, with the desire to get three points. I think this will be a good step for us to go there to play with personality and try to get a win.
“We know very well it will be difficult, United won against Arsenal and Arsenal are top of the league. They lost only that game at Old Trafford. At the same time, I want us to go there and aspire to have a good performance and try to have a good result.”
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A trip to Old Trafford is perhaps not as intimidating for Spurs fans as it used to be up until around ten years ago, when it seemed like we would get beat by one thing or another going against us, irrespective of how well we played.
We have won at United several times over the last decade and one can argue that this Tottenham team is better equipped than almost any Tottenham team of the past to come away with a win from there.
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