Ryan Sessegnon reveals what happened with Antonio Conte after Tottenham red card

Ryan Sessegnon has admitted that Antonio Conte did not say anything to him in the aftermath of his red card in Tottenham's embarrassing 2-1 Europa Conference League defeat against NS Mura. Missing a lot of football in the opening few months of the season through injury, the 21-year-old was handed a huge opportunity to impress in only the head coach's fourth game in charge of Spurs.

Starting at left wing-back, Sessegnon was given his marching orders after only 31 minutes after picking up two yellow cards in the space of 17 minutes. Looking like he had blown a huge opportunity to really give his new boss something to think about, it was the following day when Conte finally hard words with his player.

"I kind of thought to myself I'd messed my chance up because I thought 'OK, it's my first start I want to impress' but I wasn't really in the game," said Sessegnon in an exclusive interview with ESPN. "He [Conte] didn't say anything to me directly afterwards. I think it was the next day, we watched the game back and he was saying 'you didn't even touch the ball [after the first yellow card] and in that time you got a red card.' It was quite bad."

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He added: "There have been times when we haven't been good enough and he has let us know that in the changing room. He tells the truth. He says what he thinks to our faces and he'll say the same in front of the cameras as well. That's just how he is."

Tottenham have made big strides under the head coach in recent months after jumping into the final Champions League place with seven games of the season remaining. Conte's work on the training ground is paying off, with Sessegnon revealing