Tottenham

Ryan Sessegnon, Ben Davies and Rodrigo Bentancur helped Spurs defeat Bournemouth 3-2, who had a two-goal lead through a Kieffer Moore double.

“This winner has to give us enthusiasm, the passion, to go to Marseille to play in what will be a final for us.” I saw in the eyes of my players that they decided to win this game.” Conte soon celebrates a year at the Tottenham helm. But with Conte’s cavalry stripped and ready, Sessegnon halved the deficit. I said to the players after the first half that they had to take responsibility. And they are likely to be boosted in southern France by Dejan Kulusevski’s return. For Spurs, attention turns quickly from next season’s Champions League race to the current one. We then started to play with nastiness, with the desire to hurt the opponent. Tottenham must address their concerning trend of starting tardily and the performance of a heavily rotated side did little to ease concerns about squad depth. Moore was again the source of misery, stooping his 6ft 5in frame to bravely meet Adam Smith’s sublime whipped cross. “I thought I could have a heart attack with two disallowed goals in a few days,” he said. Season-defining is perhaps a stretch but this victory, or at least the manner of it, could certainly shape Tottenham’s immediate future.