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Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has offered up a strange positive following his side’s exit from the Champions League. The Italian insisted it was a plus that his side performed better in Europe this season than they did last term.
Spurs played out a drab 0-0 draw with AC Milan on Wednesday to crash out at the last-16 stage. They were unable to put pressure on their Italian opponents who arrived in north London with a 1-0 lead from the first leg at the San Siro last month.
Conte admits his side were not good enough in the final third. But he pointed out how reaching the round of 16 in the Champions League is a big improvement on last season’s efforts.
Spurs were in the Europa Conference League during Conte’s first campaign in charge. They were unable to make it out of the group stage in the newly-formed competition.
Conte told BT Sport: “That is the third game in a row that we were not able to score. I think the game was in the balance.
“I think we can do much better offensively. When I speak about offensively, I speak about the whole team not only those who play in the front half. We can do much better.
“I can’t tell anything negative about the commitment of the players. In my opinion, they gave everything from the start to the end.
“We finished the game with 10 men. But if I have to see a positive situation, we did, compared to last season, a little step forward.
“We played in the Europa Conference League last season and weren’t able to overcome the group stage. We lost against Mura, Vitesse, Pacos Ferreira last season. Now we took a step forward but I think it is not enough and if we want to be competitive, we have to fight.”
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