Antonio Conte shrugs off Chelsea EPL loss
Jan 5, 2017 - 12:14 AM Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has shrugged off a record-wrecking 2-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur, insisting his players must dust themselves down and restart their EPL title quest.Two Dele Alli headers meant Chelsea's hopes of winning a 14th consecutive Premier League game - which would have been a record in a single campaign - foundered at White Hart Lane.
Italian Conte, however, said the defeat was different to the 3-0 reverse they suffered at Arsenal on September 24, since when they have been unstoppable.
"We are disappointed but also we must be pleased for our run as 13 wins in this league is not easy," Conte told reporters.
"But this is a different defeat to the one in September because today we lost the game, but showed that we were a team.
"Against Arsenal, we weren't a team, today we were."
Chelsea could have gone eight points clear at the top with a first victory at White Hart Lane since 2012 and while five points is still a healthy margin over nearest rivals Liverpool, Conte insists the title race is now wide open.
Source: AAP
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