Conte: Premier League refs need to be more like Serie A

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte suggested referees and VAR officials are letting the Premier League down and said England could follow Italy's example to improve standards after his side's 3-1 defeat at Arsenal.

Conte was speaking after seeing Emerson Royal shown a straight red card by Anthony Taylor in the second half for a tackle on Gabriel Martinelli.

The Gunners soared four points clear at the top of the Premier League table after goals from Thomas Partey, Gabriel Jesus and Granit Xhaka gave them a deserved victory at the Emirates Stadium.

Spurs, who had levelled through Harry Kane's penalty, capitulated in the second half and were unable to recover after Emerson's red card.

Conte, who initially said he did not want to comment on the decision, then unwound and insisted that the standard of officiating is not good enough.

"In England I have to be honest, it is very difficult because there isn't the same line," he said.

"Sometimes you see a situation that could be a red card and instead is a yellow card or no yellow card, sometimes you see a situation that is a yellow card and you see a red card.

"They have to work a lot about this. In Italy, they go on Thursday and stay together for three days to work together, to look at the video and try and improve.

"I don't know if they do that in this country but it would be a good idea because the level is so high and we need the level of the referee and VAR the same.

"The Premier League is a really high level and for this reason every part of this situation has to be top.

"Honestly, for sure the player is frustrated because he knows what happened, he knows the difficulty we had after the red card. It can happen.

"Emerson is a young player, he is only 23, I think he has to try and exploit