Conte: “Injuries will affect the fight for the title”

Antonio Conte, manager of Tottenham3rd in the Premier (with the same points as Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, 2nd), will soon face off this Saturday in the north London derby with the leader, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, from whom he is separated only by one point. If they win, Spurs will sleep as leaders, as City play on Sunday turn his derby against United. Conte believes that “injuries will influence the fight for the title.”

Conte was sad that against Arsenal, at the Emirates, his Tottenham may have to play without a key piece cLike goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (with a muscle injury that prevented him from making the French team), winger Dejan Kulusevski (after two games in Sweden, also a muscle injury and defender Ben Davies (a stress fracture below the knee). “We have problems with injuries as a result of the international break, like other clubs,” said Conte, but he did not want to reveal how many casualties he had so as not to give a hint to Arsenal.

“Playing so many games before the break and then 13 in 43 days is crazy. We are dealing with injuries. This is the moment you understand which teams are fighting for the title and which are for places in the Champions League,” said the Italian coach. of Spurs.

“We will wait until tomorrow (Friday) to test some players who come back with physical problems from the national teams. We don’t want to take any chances. If we do it and lose someone for the rest of the games, it will be a disaster,” added Conte.

Regarding Arsenal, Conte said: “They have made a fantastic start, they have only lost one game. They are showing that they are a really good team. In the summer they made great signings. I know the quality of this team, they have worked with Arteta for many years. They are very well organized. Arteta is a really good coach, he is still young but he can have a good career.”