What Antonio Conte told his players after defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford

Tottenham lost only their second game of the campaign with goals from Fred and Bruno Fernandes ensuring Spurs fell to a 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Manchester United.

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte expressed his frustration after one of their worst performances since he took over almost a year ago.

This is the third time this season that Spurs have come up short when facing a top six side, against Chelsea they were second best and only just got away with it before defeats to Arsenal and Manchester United followed.

Asked to reflect on the game that saw them come up short again- the Italian manager said his team was second best all night and United deserved it all.

He told reporters after the game: “We have to be honest and United deserved to win and deserved to get three points. They started the game very well and created chances to score.

“For sure not a good game for us but I have to be honest and first of all, especially with my players, this was not the first time for us, despite the table being good but every time we played a high-level game we struggled.

“We struggled against Chelsea because we drew after 92 minutes but Chelsea dominated the game and with Arsenal we lost and today against United we lost. For sure when the level is high, we are going to struggle.

Tottenham will hope that they are able to get back to winning ways when they host Newcastle this weekend.