Antonio Conte confident of future at Chelsea despite loss to Spurs

Instead, when told by reporters ending Tottenham’s 28-year wait for an win away to Chelsea was an achievement, Pochettino showed his inner steel to achieve much more than just landmark victories with this group of players.

Tottenham Hotspur’s English midfielder Dele Alli (left) vies with Chelsea’s Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge in London.

“He’s a great talent and I have no doubts about him”, Pochettino said.

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“Our first half was really good”.

A combination of Eric Dier’s vision and Alli’s technique sent Tottenham into the lead in the 62nd minute.

Save for Alli heading wide from Eriksen’s skimmed cross, Spurs created previous little of first-half note.

Son Heung-min was twice denied by Caballero but Alli pounced on the pinball inside the Chelsea area before slotting into the bottom corner. Caballero made another intervention but Andreas Christensen failed to adequately clear and Alli pounced for his eighth goal of the season. “He’s got a great character, he’s so strong, he’s a fighter – very competitive”. There’s pressure on their shoulders. “We must be a bit anxious about this”, Conte acknowledged after the game, but maintained his stance that he is “not worried” about his future at the club.

It wasn’t a sight Antonio Conte wanted to see.

Former Chelsea boss and close friend to Antonio Conte, Gianluca Vialli, has claimed that his compatriot is counting down the days until he leaves Stamford Bridge.

Conte said that the players were giving their everything, however, it was not enough to match the expectations and goals put forward by the club and the fans.

That elusive silverware could still come in the FA Cup this season, but even if it doesn’t, a landmark Sunday win was further evidence of their status as the rising side in London.

The 27-year-old did not perform well in Chelsea’s 3-1 home defeat to Spurs on Sunday, and Neville discussed on his latest podcast for Sky Sports what he thinks is going wrong for the player who is so important to Chelsea.

With Conte set to leave Stamford Bridge, Vialli says that the Italian won’t be short of offers from elsewhere.

Chelsea enjoyed most of the chances before the break, but needed Lloris’s help to open the scoring.

On team’s possibility of qualifying in the Champions League, Conte said: “We have to try until the end to catch the teams in the Champions League places and in this case, it is Tottenham and Liverpool”.

Arsenal, who host CSKA Moscow in the Europa League next, remain 13 points outside the Premier League’s top four and Wenger understands why there were scores of empty seats.