Tottenham Hotspur forwards Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min celebrate a goal.© AFP
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has called on Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Hugo Lloris to help deliver Champions League qualification for his inconsistent side. The Spurs are outsiders in the race to finish in the top four of the Premier League after Saturday’s defeat at Manchester United put them six points behind fourth-placed Arsenal, who still have a game on their hands. Conte’s side may need to win almost all of their remaining matches to rejoin Europe’s elite club competition and the Italian knows he needs his big players to perform.
“If you have hopes of fighting to the end for these kinds of goals, now is the time when I have to ask a lot of the big players,” he said on the eve of Wednesday’s trip to Brighton.
“To Harry, Hugo and Sonny. These players have to lead the situation to keep us there to the end. At the moment experience is very important. We don’t have a lot of experience in this team and it’s good to have the players with experience and big talent to give everything.
“I think they give everything, but 100 percent is not enough. We have to ask 120, 130 percent to have these kinds of goals.”
Manchester United, West Ham and Wolves are also challenging for a top four spot behind leaders Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea.
“It’s not easy in England, it’s not easy,” said Conte. “When you normally start the season, you think it’s four top clubs that go to the Champions League at the end of these four teams: United, City, Chelsea, Liverpool.
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“But last season Liverpool had a hard time reaching their place in the Champions League. This season it is happening to United. This competition is very difficult.”
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