Tottenham manager Antonio Conte said his side must believe more in themselves after they fought back from two goals down to beat Bournemouth 3-2 on Saturday.A vital win keeps Spurs third in the Premier League and stops the rot after back-to-back league defeats.Conte looked like he might pay the price for making six changes with Tuesday’s crucial Champions League trip to Marseille in mind as Kieffer Moore struck either side of half-time for Bournemouth.But Tottenham turned the game around with three goals in the final 33 minutes from Ryan Sessegnon, Ben Davies and Rodrigo Bentancur.”I came back when I knew the goal was regular!” Antonio Conte walked off down the tunnel after #THFC’s late winner as he couldn’t deal with anymore potential VAR controversy pic.twitter.com/B8nqFSYCFK— The Spurs Web (@thespursweb) October 29, 2022 Italian coach said that the comeback on the south coast should give his squad a morale boost and increase the players’ self-confidence.”In the first part of the game we were a bit soft. I prefer to avoid this type of situation but I have to praise the reaction of my players. This type of win can help us to have more confidence to trust much more in ourselves.”Spurs were sluggish in the early stages and were punished when Moore steered Marcus Tavernier’s cross into the far corner. Conte responded at half-time by introducing Lucas Moura and switching to his favoured 3-4-3 system. But the visitors had a mountain to climb five minutes into the second half when Wales international Moore rose highest to power home Adam Smith’s cross.Spurs make a complete turnaround in Bournemouth, Almiron keeps scoring for the MagpiesSessegnon gave Spurs life just before the hour mark as he latched onto Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s excellent through ball before firing into the far corner.Bournemouth were then left to lament their defending from corners as they slipped to a third straight defeat.Mark Travers was recalled in goal for the Cherries in place of the injured Neto and failed to deal with Ivan Perisic’s delivery to allow Davies to head into an empty net.##NAJAVA_MECA_6767341##Tottenham pilled on the pressure in the closing stages in search of a winner and got their reward when Bentancur coolly slotted in a loose ball after Bournemouth failed to deal with Son Heung-min’s corner.
