Conte wants Spurs to bring passion to Marseille 'final'

Antonio Conte has urged Tottenham to take momentum from Saturday's dramatic victory at Bournemouth into Tuesday's "final" at Marseille.

Spurs were heading for a third consecutive Premier League defeat when Kieffer Moore's brace put the Cherries 2-0 up at the Vitality Stadium.

Conte had rested players with the midweek Champions League clash in mind, where Tottenham need a point to reach the last 16, but chucked on a number of regulars and saw it pay off as Ryan Sessegnon, Ben Davies and Rodrigo Bentancur scored to seal a 3-2 triumph.

"I think it was vital for us this win, especially after two losses in the Premier League, and now this win has to give us enthusiasm and passion to go into Marseille and to play a final," Conte said.

"This game will be a final for us to go to the next round of the Champions League.

"I don't want to think which would be my mood if we lose this game. I have to be honest and also after the first half my feeling was positive.

"The only situation that I ask of my players is that we are to show more personality and take more responsibility because this game was on us.

"I think in the second half, despite conceding the second goal, we started to play nasty, with a will and desire to hurt the opponent.

"I think we created many chances to score and at the end we won the game in a difficult stadium because Bournemouth is a really good team."

Spurs had looked sluggish during the opening stages on the south coast with a new-look back three of Davinson Sanchez, Clement Lenglet and Davies struggling.

The frustration of Wednesday's draw with Sporting Lisbon, where Tottenham were denied a last-gasp winner after Harry Kane saw his stoppage-time effort ruled out by VAR for offside, looked set to continue when Moore