Antonio Conte insists he is "not disappointed" with Tottenham display in Arsenal defeat

Antonio Conte backed blunder keeper Hugo Lloris and insisted he was “not disappointed” with Tottenham ’s performance.

Tottenham captain Lloris made another horrible error to gift Arsenal the opening goal and the home side never recovered. Spurs boss Conte said: “In this situation it's always difficult. But honestly I consider Hugo one of the best keepers in the world and it can happen.

“It can happen that sometimes you can make a mistake. For sure when there is the mistake of the keeper it is more visible. Hugo for us is a one of the players who is really important for the dressing room, for his personality because we are talking about a player who is one of the best keepers in the world.”

Tottenham were 2-0 down at half time but Conte insisted he was pleased with the way his players kept fighting and never gave up.

The Spurs boss added: “About the performance, I'm not disappointed. I'm not disappointed because we knew that the game could be really difficult because Arsenal is a really, really strong team and also tonight showed that they deserve to stay top of the league, they deserve to be title contenders.

“In my opinion Arsenal and City are the only two teams that can fight for the Premier League this season.

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Antonio Conte insists he was not disappointed by Tottenham's performance against Arsenal (AFP via Getty Images)

“In the second half we played well, we played with the right intensity, we created chances to score. I think if we scored after a few minutes in the second half I think the situation could be difficult for them.

“But we created chance to try to score. At the same time we didn't lose our mind, our head. At this point of the game the risk is to lose your head and concede other goals and to finish with a really, really bad defeat. Instead I think we have to be disappointed for the bad result but at the same time I saw a big effort from my players.

“Now we have to move on. We know that on Thursday we have to go to play another difficult game against City, against the other team I consider will fight for the title.”