Tottenham manager Antonio Conte back in dugout for Champions League clash with AC Milan

Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte will be back in the dugout for their Champions League last-16 second-leg clash with AC Milan on Wednesday.

The Italian is back in London after spending two and a half weeks with his family in Turin as he recuperated from an operation last month to remove his gallbladder.

Spurs are trailing 1-0 after the first leg in Milan and, after the defeat at the San Siro last month, Conte was ordered to rest by his doctors. In his absence, Spurs have been knocked out of the FA Cup by Sheffield United and lost to Wolves in the Premier League.

But the 53-year-old dismissed talk of pressure and said he was looking forward to the crunch match against the Italian giants.

“The pressure? We live for this type of game," said Conte on Tuesday. "We live for this type of moment because when the pressure is going up, it means your level is going up.

“Don’t forget, last season we played Conference League and instead this season we are playing Champions League. We won our group, the first leg we lost 1-0 and we have the possibility tomorrow to beat Milan and then to go to the next round.

“I think for sure don’t forget the past and to understand we need to have step by step to improve the situation. Then if you ask me do I want to win the Champions League? I tell you yes but then there is reality.

“We have to be ready to go game by game. Tomorrow the obstacle is Milan and we have to beat them with two goals if we want to go to the next round. The pressure is normal and we have to live with this type of pressure.

“Maybe if there is one thing that we have to try to improve, the whole environment here, is to live with the pressure. To live with the pressure means to sometimes be a bit stressed and not always to