Winks: We need to defend well when the game is not going well Conte gave me the chance to prove myself

In a previous match in the 24th round of the Premier League, Tottenham were reversed at home by Southampton, losing the game 2-3. In an interview after the game, Spurs midfielder Harry Winks said the team had performed badly and the result of the game was terrible. He then talked about his experience at Tottenham a while before Conte arrived, with Winks saying it was Conte who gave him the opportunity to show and prove himself.

Vinks said: "It's very frustrating, it's a bad performance, it's a bad result. When we play badly but are leading, we need to find a way not to concede a goal. If our game doesn't go well, we need to defend well, stay resilient and make it difficult for opponents to break. We were too passive in this game and as a team our defence was not solid enough. ”

"I wouldn't say it was a wake-up call, we didn't go beyond ourselves, we knew it was a process. We're playing against top opponents in the Premier League and Southampton are a really good team, they're strong and aggressive and we have to do our best to beat them. Unfortunately we didn't perform well, we let them play out their own style, they made us suffocate, we didn't perform well enough. ”

"It's important, this game is a pivotal game and we're trying to win, especially if it's at our home stadium. We want to try to take advantage of that and win as many victories as possible at home. We're going to play Wolves on Sunday, it's another tough opponent and we have to do better than this game. They are a formidable opponent who can do us harm and we don't want to get another bad result. ”

Speaking about Conte's arrival, Winks said: "The arrival of the head coach has given me an opportunity, which has given me confidence again, every game I play, every training session I attend, I am eager to impress him and I am doing my best to improve. Like I said before, my previous career at Tottenham may have come to an end, but Conte's arrival gave me a chance to show myself and prove myself. ”

"For that, whenever I get a chance, I want to impress the manager, show myself, repay his trust in me, and repay his efforts. Well, I wouldn't say that my previous career at Tottenham was completely over and buried, but my chances at Tottenham before Conte arrived looked really slim. I didn't get a chance to play and it looked like I might need to leave the club. ”

"I don't know, but like I said, the arrival of the new manager gives everyone an equal chance, it's all I want under the first two managers and now it's time for me to take my chances. I wouldn't say how much it affected me before or how little it affected me because the fact that I didn't race like I wanted to. ”

(Ma Dongyu)