Tottenham manager, Antonio Conte has spoken about his worries ahead of a Premier League clash with PL Champions, Man City.
The Italian revealed his worries at a post-match press conference after watching his side beat Marseille 2-0 in their UEFA Champions League opener.
In the first Champions League game back in north London in two years, Richarlison scored two late headed goals to lift Tottenham past a 10-man Marseille.
“I’m happy for Richarlison. He deserved to have a night like this,” said Conte to reporters.
“I remember him telling me when he signed he wanted to listen to the Champions League music and play in this competition. Those were important words from him.”
Afterwards, Conte spoke about the upcoming PL match with City, explaining it’ll be impossible to play the same players.
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What Did Antonio Conte Say?
“I am a bit worried because we are going to play against City in only two days and it is not easy because I think some players need to rest and to recover.
“I tried also to create difficulties with the substitutions because we forced a lot to be really, really offensive to have Deki [Dejan Kulusevski] and the three strikers with Perisic one v one,” Conte continued.
“Then I changed the two central defenders with fresh central defenders to push on one side with Japhet and Ben Davies on the other. Then at the end we got three points and very important for us. To start this competition in the best possible way is really important.
“Now we have to manage very well the big decisions for the game against City. I trust in my players and for sure we have to make rotation because it would be impossible to play with the same players on Saturday and then also on Tuesday.
It will be impossible. Not easy against City, for sure.”
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