Antonio Conte defended the decision to start lower back-up goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini and refused to compare his Tottenham facet to Chelsea after their Carabao Cup defeat.
Spurs have been comprehensively crushed over the 2 legs of the semi-very last. The Blues had been a category above them as they secured a 1-0 win to development as 3-0 aggregate victors to next month’s final at Wembley.
They were passed their solitary intention while Gollini missed his punch from a nook and Antonio Rudiger headed in.
Despite that, Conte felt the Atalanta loanee become a positive performer inside the video games at each Stamford Bridge and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Speaking put up-suit, the Italian manager stated: “I don’t know approximately this [frustration at first choice Hugo Lloris not playing].
“I made the decision and I think Gollini performed an awesome sport. In the primary sport we misplaced 2-zero and in this recreation we simplest lost 1-0. I suppose we need to consider a situation more essential than this one.
“Pierluigi had always played inside the Carabao Cup and Europa Conference League. I assume it’s always vital to provide goalkeepers minutes and I think he deserved to have this chance and play an critical sport.
“I don’t think we are able to compare the Tottenham and Chelsea conditions right now. It’s not fair to compare. It’s impossible to evaluate.”
After a primary 1/2 wherein they rarely threatened, Tottenham did combat back after the destroy. But in the end they nonetheless didn’t do enough to score.
Conte nonetheless claimed: “I suppose the performance turned into an awful lot better than the performance inside the first leg.
