Your morning Tottenham digest on Monday, February 20.
Back to winning ways
Tottenham ended a torrid week yesterday with a 2-0 win over West Ham at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Second half goals from Emerson Royal and Son Heung-min means Antonio Conte's side replaced Newcastle in the top four.
Prior to the win against the Hammers, Spurs suffered disappointing defeats away at Leicester City and AC Milan. However, with Antonio Conte taking extended leave to recover from surgery, they returned to winning ways against their struggling London rivals.
After Newcastle fell to a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool, Spurs now vacate a Champions League spot with 14 games remaining.
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When Conte could be back in the Tottenham dugout
Tottenham assistant head coach Cristian Stellini has indicated that he is expecting Antonio Conte to return to the Spurs dugout after next Sunday's Premier League clash against Chelsea. Returning to Hotspur Way just over a week ago following his recent gallbladder surgery, Conte was back in charge of the team for the defeats against Leicester City and AC Milan.
However, it was confirmed by the club on Thursday that he would be remaining in Italy to rest and recuperate after a post-operation check one day after their Champions League defeat in the San Siro. Only going to return to his Tottenham duties once he is 100 per cent ready to do so, Stellini believes it could potentially be either the Sheffield United FA Cup game, the trip to Wolves or the return leg against AC Milan when he is back with the team once again.
Why Tottenham were not given a penalty
Tottenham were denied what looked to be a clear penalty during the first half of their Premier League clash with West Ham.
Forward Richarlison looked to pick out Harry Kane inside the area, before Hammers defender Thilo Kehrer appeared to block the Brazilian's pass with his hand. The incident sparked large-scale claims from the Spurs players but referee Michael Oliver waved away the claims.
VAR referee David Coote also decided that the former PSG man didn't make the silhouette of his body bigger, and was therefore in a natural position as he appeared to fall to the ground.
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