Conte ‘very happy’ his players dealt with north London derby pressure as he ‘thanks’ Tottenham fans

Antonio Conte has thanked the Tottenham fans for rallying his side on in their 3-0 thumping of north London rivals Arsenal.

Spurs were rampant on Thursday evening as they closed the gap on fourth-place Arsenal to one point with two games remaining in the Premier League.

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Conte hailed the “amazing” atmosphere as the home crowd “pushed” his side to victory and has called for more of the same when Burnley come to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.

“Yeah for sure. The atmosphere was amazing,” Conte told Sky Sports. “For this reason we have to give thanks to our fans. They were incredible and pushed us a lot. We repaid them with a good win. We won an important derby and now we are close to them in the table.

“For sure, we need to recover very well because we will play on Sunday against a team that has beaten us. I was very clear with my players – to enjoy and celebrate in the right way but at the same time think about Sunday as otherwise this win will not be important.

“Harry Kane is very accurate in every training sessions. He stays afterwards to do penalties. I have never seen him make a mistake. Honestly, I’m very calm because I know that he is very good. We are talking about a fantastic striker.

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“Our fans, they are going to play an important role on Sunday. We need to go altogether. We are very close to reaching an important target for us. There are no easy games for us.

“I know Son Heung-min wanted to continue to play but I had to think not only about this game but to have fresh players. They spent a