Antonio Conte labels Tottenham as ‘still too emotional’ after watching team crumble in Southampton loss

Antonio Conte accused his Tottenham players of being too emotional and says their game-management must improve after they twice threw away leads in Wednesday’s 3-2 defeat to Southampton.

Conte could not fault the effort or commitment of his players but said they must learn to be more stable after late headers from Mohamed Elyounoussi and Che Adams earned Saints a deserved victory in north London.

"We made many, many mistakes, many mistakes, especially with the ball," the Spurs manager said afterwards.

"This created a bit of instability, mental instability in my team, especially in the first half. In the second half we started to play, we started to press in the right way and I didn’t change anything compared to the first half.

"I say this before and I continue to repeat. I think that we are improving in many aspects but then we are still too emotional.

"Against Leicester we won 3-2 and we were losing 2-1. Today we were winning 2-1 and we lost 3-2. I think on this aspect we have to improve because if we want to grow as a team and try to be competitive, the first thing that you have to improve is stability, not to be up and down, up and down, up and down.

"This is a situation that we have to improve and also I repeat, in a team it’s important to have players with experience to manage the situation during the game."

A Jan Bednarek own goal gave Spurs a first half lead but Saints quickly hit back through Chelsea loanee, Armando Broja.

Spurs looked to have won it when Heung-min Son scored from close range but Saints scored twice in three minutes, with Elyounoussi and Adams both heading home superb crosses from James Ward-Prowse.

"It was a pity because my players they gave 120 per cent today and the effort was maximum," Conte