• ‘I like pressure, I live off pressure … it gives you the best of yourself’ • Spurs thrash Watford but then Chelsea beat BournemouthBring it on, Tottenham, bring it on. That is the message from Antonio Conte, who says Spurs’ relentless pursuit of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League is helping to bring the best out of him and his team. “I’m very satisfied because it wasn’t easy to play this game after the win for Tottenham but our answer was very good,” Conte said. “When you play after your opponent and you see your opponent very close, it can bring a bit of pressure. But since then Chelsea have beaten Manchester City and now Bournemouth, convincing their manager the Palace setback was a freak occurrence.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2017 21:05 UTC