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Antonio Conte believes that Tottenham’s struggles in their past two games are because teams are beginning to pay more attention to his side.

Spurs got themselves firmly in the hunt for a top-four Premier League finish with five wins from six recently. However, they suffered a hiccup last weekend with a 1-0 defeat to Brighton.

And a lacklustre 0-0 draw with Brentford on Saturday compounded the newfound frustration for Tottenham.

Indeed, Eric Dier claimed that the most recent results are not what the side expects given the progress they have made since Conte took over in November.

For Conte, though, the growth at Tottenham has made their opponents take more care in their approach to playing them.

“I think now the opponent when they face us they pay great attention. This is the difference,” the Italian told Match of the Day.

“When you climb the mountain and start going up, the difficulty becomes more and more.

“I think defensively we were good today. Offensively we can do much better. But we have to respect the game Brentford played as they played a very good game.”

Conte continued in his praise of Thomas Frank’s Brentford, who he says stopped Spurs deserving three points.

“A little bit frustrated because in every game you want to try to win,” Conte said. “But at the end of the game I think the draw was fair. They are strong physically and crated many problems in set pieces.

“I think in the end,