Players determined to improve for the ‘special’ Antonio Conte – Son Heung-min

Son Heung-min says Tottenham’s players are determined to improve for the “special” Antonio Conte.

Conte cast doubt over his future after the midweek defeat at Burnley by suggesting he was not “good enough” to fix Spurs’ problems, but his side bounced back in style with a 4-0 win at crisis club Leeds.

Son earned a place in the record books at Elland Road, alongside Harry Kane, as the pair broke the record for the most goal combinations during the Premier League era, moving clear of Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba.

Kane superbly teed up Son to complete the rout, having also scored in the first half after Matt Doherty and Dejan Kulusevski had netted in the opening 15 minutes.

Conte is a highly demanding coach and Son insists the Spurs players want to work for him.

“Obviously we were all frustrated after the result. Obviously we know we can do better, especially with Burnley [because] we know how difficult that place is,” the South Korean said.

“We let ourselves down and we were disappointed. Today we wanted to show great character, to show we can improve. We showed that.

“We have a fantastic manager. He brings passion, he brings so much positive energy. We are all happy to work with him. I think it’s so, so important we keep this.

“That’s why he’s special. He’s so passionate. He wants to win, he wants clean sheets, he wants us to be better.

“This I think is such a positive signal. We should take this as improvement and we should be also that passionate for the games coming.”

Spurs’ victory at Leeds probably comes too late to resurrect their top four hopes as their season has been hit by inconsistency, evidenced by the fact the 1-0 loss at Burnley came four days after they beat champions Manchester City.

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