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Tottenham will look to reverse their recent slump when they travel across the capital for a midweek London derby against Crystal Palace.Spurs suffered.

Minute-by-minute report: Will Tottenham bounce back from their defeat to Aston Villa at Crystal Palace? Join Will Unwin to find out.

40 mins: Eze latches onto a bouncing ball inside the box but goes down with Skipp in the vicinity. 42 mins: Ayew is rolling around in his own half after a late tackle from behind, which Skipp is booked for. Gil sends the ball through the eye of the needle to Kane in the box, he takes a touch to set himself and fires the ball into the corner across Guaita. It seems to have done the trick. 57 mins: Vieira’s calls for consistency are not being heeded, which is a shame. 61 mins: Schlupp goes in the book for whacking Gil over. Kane dinks a ball over the top for Son; Guehi completely fails to deal with it and it bounces up for Son to hit. 84 mins: Kane spins Guehi in the box but Andersen bails out his teammate with a clearance before the striker can shoot. I hope it is a turning point. Son: “In the second half we turned things around and scored four goals. “The message [at half time] was to continue to play because we started the game very well. In the second half we exploited chances to score.

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With the fixtures to come, Conte knows his team needs to pick up some momentum tonight. Bryan Gil sweeps the ball out to the left and Perisic chips in a cross that the striker nods in at the back post. Son, Kane and Lloris were all poor against Villa and the Spurs boss needs them to take charge, with Son in particular needing to ignite this season. He needs his big players to step up and emerge from their doldrums. Gil involved again as he knocks it to Kane who lobs it over the top and Son takes advantage of poor defending to fire home. That leaves him walking a tightrope with Palace's tricky attackers for the second half. Gil gets what looked like a kiss on the cheek and a huge hug from Conte. He is over the moon, roars with delight and throws his mask off the pitch. Tottenham have scored the first goal in a game of football! It's a very weak bench with no attacking options yet again. Palace will provide a stern test in what is always a noisy Selhurst Park. That's what the Spurs fans want to see!

Tottenham Hotspur's damning 2-0 home defeat by Aston Villa on Sunday raised alarm bells about the direction the club is heading in under manager Antonio ...

Conte may prove not to be the answer for Tottenham but he certainly isn't the biggest problem. Current record transfer Tanguy Ndombele, who had a deal in place for £63million, is currently out on loan at Napoli with a wage no team willing to buy him can afford. The new academy and facilities have not produced any first-team stars, with Harry Kane making his Spurs debut long before they left their previous Chigwell base. Spurs would of course find someone to do the job, but even then he will face a familiar problem to all his predecessors. To put that into perspective, Wigan Athletic and Portsmouth with their FA Cup wins have been more successful in that period. Harry Redknapp was appointed in 2008 to stop Spurs getting relegated - but took the club to greater heights than even Jol with Champions League qualification. Now with Conte, Spurs are remarkably back to just where they started when ENIC took over in 2001, when Arsenal legend George Graham was in charge at White Hart Lane. Jose Mourinho was 'the winner' brought in to win trophies and sacked just days before a cup final. His replacement was assistant Martin Jol who took the job and ran with it to turn Spurs back into European contenders and spare ENIC blushes. The fans deserve the best. I know the vision of the club. Spurs have been in a mess for sometime now.

Antonio Conte has suggested that he may "have to" leave Tottenham if he does not accept the "big challenge" of their project.

But if they do miss out on the Champions League, I think it’d be too easy for the owners to try and give the fans Pochettino back.” so I think the easiest option for Daniel Levy will be to bring Pochettino and his backroom staff back. This is my task here, this is my challenge here. Conte said on Tuesday: “The task for me is to help the club. If I want to stay here, then I have to accept this. It was initially a struggle to even convince him to sign up; Spurs spoke to him in the summer of 2021 but had to appoint Nuno Espirito Santo instead for a few months before approaching Conte again.

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