Conte ponders tactical change ahead of United trip

Antonio Conte is toying with the idea of sticking with Tottenham's favoured 3-4-3 formation for the midweek trip to Manchester United despite a lack of attacking options.

Spurs will be without Richarlison (calf) for the clash at Old Trafford on Wednesday and Dejan Kulusevski is not expected to be fit enough to start after struggling during the last month with a hamstring injury.

When Richarlison was forced off in Saturday’s win over Everton, Conte switched to 3-5-2 with Yves Bissouma again impressive.

Bissouma has caught the eye in a three-man midfield in victories against Leicester and Brighton, but the Tottenham manager hinted he may stick to what he knows best.

"I have another training session to make the best decision," Conte explained.

"You know we like to play with a 3-4-3 with the three strikers and if we can’t change, I prefer to continue to play with the 3-4-3 otherwise we find a solution.

"I think we have the possibility to continue to play with the 3-4-3.

"Lucas Moura now is recovered from his injury, also (Bryan) Gil is making big progress and then I have Ivan Perisic. He can play like a striker. He did this in the past and he can do it again on Wednesday."

Conte had religiously stuck with his favoured system prior to Kulusevski’s injury last month but has tinkered in his absence.

The Sweden international was only expected to miss a couple of weeks but has sat out Tottenham’s last five matches.

Kulusevski was not completely ruled out of Wednesday’s fixture with United and yet Conte knows no risk can be taken with the 22-year-old.

He added: "The medical department are working to recover him, but at the same time, sometimes there are situations that you have to go a bit slowly and not to accelerate the process.

"Because