The incomplete Italian job
A defeat is never a good thing but after the week from hell, Antonio Conte will probably feel that a 1-0 deficit in the cauldron of the San Siro will be at least a surmountable task back in north London.
With recent days having brought long-term injuries to Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris, midfield lynchpin Rodrigo Bentancur, summer signing Yves Bissouma and left wing-back Ryan Sessegnon as well as a dismal display at Leicester, expectations had taken a battering for the trip to Milan.
