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Antonio Conte has urged Tottenham to be “more clinical” after they were held to a goalless draw by Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League.
Despite registering 11 shots on goal, Spurs failed to score in successive group games in the competition for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
Conte’s side subsequently missed the chance to move top of Group D, but the Italian praised the intensity and personality demonstrated by his players on the back of a 3-1 North London derby defeat at Arsenal.
“We played a match with great intensity; we didn’t allow them to play their football or press a lot in every area of the pitch,” he told BT Sport.
“At the same time, we have to be more clinical. We created many chances to score. At the end, we are talking about a draw. It is a good draw because it is not easy to play away with the atmosphere. We played a good game but if you don’t score, you don’t win.
“There are moments you are more clinical, there are moments like in the game against Arsenal and today; you create chances, but make a mistake with the last pass.
“It is important to create chances; the game was good for us and we played with a great personality.”
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg was left disappointed by his team-mates’ failure to turn positive build-up play into a breakthrough, but the midfielder highlighted the maturity on display as they ended a run of three successive away defeats in the Champions League.
“We are not 100 per cent happy, I thought we prepared until the penalty area well,” Hojbjerg said. “We tried to get in behind them, but the opportunities we had, we didn’t use them. It’s disappointing. The last bite needed a bit.
“I thought we took the game well, we tried to be dominant. We tried to find the spaces and tried to overcome the first pressure.
“If you cannot win, you don’t lose the game. The team presented themselves as very mature. We are here, we are competing and every game, we want to win.”
Spurs are second in Group D, two points behind Sporting CP and level on points with Eintracht.
