Antonio Conte: Tottenham boss laughs off title contenders tag after limp Manchester United defeat

Antonio Conte laughed off the idea Tottenham are title contenders after the 2-0 defeat at Manchester United on Wednesday, admitting that his side struggle in “high level” games. Spurs arrived at Old Trafford on the back of their best start to a Premier League season and could have closed the gap at the top to one point with victory, but they put in a listless display as their hosts dominated. Ad Goals from Fred and Bruno Fernandes fired United to a hugely impressive win, with the margin of victory only kept respectable by the heroics of Hugo Lloris in the Spurs goal.

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In only 10 months, 11 months, you can't go from ninth place to title contenders, especially when you finish 20 points less than the leaders in England.» Despite sitting third in the table, Spurs have struggled in clashes against their main rivals this season. They were fortunate to escape with a 2-2 draw with Chelsea in August and were comprehensively beaten 3-1 by Arsenal in the north London derby earlier in October. Ten Hag to ‘deal with that tomorrow’ after Ronaldo storms down tunnel Chelsea leapfrog Liverpool in battle to sign ‘top target’ Bellingham – Paper Round «For sure not a good game for us but I have to be honest, especially with my players, this was not the first time for us this season [failing to impress against a big team],” said Conte.