Tottenham supervisor Antonio Conte couldn’t resist taking just a little swipe at Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp yesterday after his aspect’s 2-1 defeat at dwelling to the Reds.
Mohamed Salah scored twice to provide Klopp’s aspect all three factors on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and it appears Conte was nonetheless not pleased after remembering the German tactician’s criticism of the way in which his group performed in a 1-1 draw at Anfield earlier within the yr.
Klopp made it clear on that event that he didn’t suppose a lot of Conte’s defensive ways that day, so Conte aimed just a little dig at his reverse quantity after shedding this match, sarcastically suggesting the LFC supervisor should have been a bit happier with the way in which he set his group up this time.
“Earlier than I reply the [first] query, Jurgen was pleased with the way in which that we performed tonight?,” Conte mentioned, as quoted by the Metro.
“Yeah? It was essential to know his opinion. Jurgen is a extremely good coach however on the finish tonight we’re speaking a couple of defeat and I’m pleased with the sport that we performed at Anfield. The ultimate consequence was 1-1 and it was higher.”
This isn’t what Spurs may have needed after such a lift earlier within the week after they earned a powerful win away to Marseille to e book their place within the subsequent spherical of the Champions League.