Antonio Conte defends Tottenham team selections and tactics, insisting ‘I’m not stupid’ after Arsenal defeat

Antonio Conte has defended his team selections and tactics following Tottenham’s derby defeat to Arsenal on Saturday. Spurs are in Champions League action away to Frankfurt on Tuesday night, having lost their previous European encounter to Sporting Lisbon before the international break.

Ad Despite the dip in form, Conte bristled at the perception his side deploy negative tactics, with the Italian claiming he can «teach football to many people» and – the day after Manchester United lost 6-3 to Manchester City – stating he has never conceded «six, seven or eight» goals in a game. Champions LeagueHow to watch Frankfurt v Tottenham in the Champions League8 HOURS AGO «No, I think that for the characteristics of the players we have to defend situations, and if we were able to exploit the situation, especially last passes, we would have been able to score many goals against Arsenal,» he said.

«Instead we made really bad mistakes for the last passes because we had the opportunity to go one-to-one but every team has to think and understand the way to play different games. »Then I repeat last season we won 3-0 and in the same way then when you lose you have to explain and when you win the opponent has to explain, but for me it’s important to try to have a plan, to put my players in the best possible situation to exploit their characteristics.

How to watch Frankfurt v Tottenham in the Champions League Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham Hotspur — Follow LIVE here on Tuesday evening Arsenal lay down marker with dominant derby win over 10-man Spurs «Otherwise it can happen that you can concede six, seven or eight goals, in England that happens a lot of times. In my career never, never happened and I don’t like to play open and concede a