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Alasdair Gold

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium delivers on Antonio Conte demands as Spurs experiments pay off

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is starting to feel like home now for not only the Spurs fans but also Antonio Conte's rapidly improving side.

Saturday's Premier League season opener against Southampton brought not only a comfortable 4-1 scoreline for the hosts, but it was the 15th victory from Conte's 20 matches at the huge stadium in all competitions since he arrived last November. On Saturday, 61,732 fans packed in to roar on the team from start to finish - the second highest attendance since the stadium opened and behind only last season's north London derby - for Spurs' first 3pm Saturday kick off in 973 days.

Back in May, ahead of that record-setting match against Arsenal with 62,027 supporters in attendance, Conte had made it very clear that the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was a place fit to become a fortress.

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