Bristling Antonio Conte came out swinging with a robust defence of his methods, insisting: “I'm not stupid - I can teach football to many people.”
Stung by criticism of Tottenham's supine defeat over the garden fence in north London, Conte levelled an indirect dig at Manchester United shipping six in their own derby with a reminder his teams have never been so porous.
But with Spurs stuttering after two defeats in their last three games, the fiery Italian conceded his team needed to “play with more personality” in red-hot atmospheres after dropping points in three London derbies and slipping to a Champions League defeat in Lisbon.
