Antonio's verdict on NS Mura

Antonio Conte spared a thought for our travelling supporters after Thursday night’s loss to NS Mura.

Having fallen behind to a fine strike from Tomi Horvat and seen Ryan Sessegnon dismissed for a second yellow card in the first half at Stadion Ljudski vrt, we found a leveller through Harry Kane with 18 minutes remaining and looked good value to push on to win at that stage, against a team that had lost four from four in Europa Conference League Group G.

But as we pressed and pressed in search of a late second goal, disaster struck, as Amadej Marosa broke forward and scored with the last kick of the game, giving Mura a famous win.

Head Coach Antonio gave an honest assessment at full-time, but made a point of thanking the 127 Spurs fans who made the trip to Slovenia to get behind the team.

“I’m saying this especially for our fans because it was a pity to have a long journey to watch this game and now they are coming back to London with a bad loss,” he said.

“I want to say thanks to them because for sure they didn’t deserve this type of performance.

“It’s a bad result, a bad loss for us and honestly we didn’t expect it. We complicated the game, but we know that there is a lot to work on and especially after this type of game, you know that we need time and we need patience.

“Now it’s time to rebuild, to rebuild something important.”

Antonio on Spurs TV