Antonio Conte says referees need to “pay more attention to protect players” and say Brighton’s players “deserved a second yellow card” after Tottenham’s 1-0 home defeat.
The Spurs were slow during a stop-start match on Saturday and were eventually lifted by the winner of Leandro Trosar in the 90th minute after failing to hit a single goal in the match.
Although the chances were insufficient at both ends, there was controversy in the first half when Dejan Kulusevski of Spurs swung his elbow at Mark Kukurela and received only a yellow card, and Enoch Mwepu of Brighton, who had already been shown a yellow card, escaped further. punishment when he was punished for Ben Davis’ high shoe and stood on Pierre-Emil Heuberg’s boot.
Tottenham lost to Matt Doherty for the season in last week’s victory at Aston Villa, when he suffered a medial collateral ligament injury from a blow to Matt Cash, and Conte says officials need to be vigilant when players take a man and a ball. in matches.
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“Sometimes I think the referee has to pay more attention to protect the players,” Conte told a post-match press conference when asked if he was about Doherty and the Brighton Big Games.
“I understand that you go and take the ball, but if you go to take half the ball and half the body and damage the player, it’s not the same.
“I think that for the safety of the player, the referee must pay close attention to understand.
“If you go to get the ball, but when you take the ball and the body and cause damage to your opponent, I think you should get a big penalty.
“I was a player, I know how to do it. If I want to make a problem, rival injury, find the right time for the ball and the whole body. I was a player, I know that Instead of just taking the ball, I go the ball … but he took the ball, yes, but he broke his leg [referring to Cash]”
Asked about the incident with Kulushevski, Conte said: “Honestly, I did not see. I’ll see what happens. I think maybe during the game other players deserved the second yellow card for Brighton. But the judge decided that way and we have to accept the referee’s decision. “
Concerning the possibility of Brighton players delaying the match on free kicks, Conte added: “This type of referees need to be better.
“It’s normal if you play and you know you can get one point – you finally got three points – you know that sometimes you have to lose the intensity of the game and stay with a player lying down.
“But I think the referees should try to give continuity and not disturb the intensity of the game with fake injuries.”
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Reflecting on his team’s performance, Conte said the Spurs were doing their best and had to reach the final stages of a draw instead of pushing too hard to win.
“It’s certainly not a good result for us,” he said. “The lesson we can learn today is that there are games in which if you can’t win, you won’t lose. It was very clear that today was not our day.
“I understand that we want to try to take three points ahead of our other rivals in the Champions League, but sometimes we have to feel.
“The match was very difficult, a tactical game on both sides. Brighton was very good at closing any space. We moved the ball slowly. We can do much better than today.
“Perhaps the fairer end result was a draw, but Brighton played a good game, well organized with a good manager. If you win against Arsenal and Tottenham as a guest, it means that the team is a good team.
“We started very slowly. I think we can do much better than we showed today.”
Potter: That was better than Arsenal’s victory!
Image: The Brighton players celebrate the victory of Leandro Trosar in the 90th minute
Meanwhile, Brighton boss Graham Potter was understandably pleased with his second win in north London in so many games after beating Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates last Saturday.
And the Brighton boss believes that the victory over the Spurs is at the peak of the performance against the gunners.
“I feel better than Arsenal. I thought the presentation was a step forward. The players were amazing, with a pace of work and discipline. We had good organization and attitude to run, defend and be brave when we had the ball. is not a game of smashing and grabbing.
“We played against a lot of world-class players and a team at a good time, so we had to be good today. 40 points with six games to go. Not so bad, considering it was Armageddon three games ago! It was only fair if we beat Arsenal; we must go to the Spurs and defeat them. “
What next?
The Spurs head to Brentford for football on Saturday night at 5.30pm – live on the Sky Sports Premier League – while Brighton travel to the Manchester City league leaders on Wednesday at 8pm.
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