In this feverish top-four fight, Tottenham will feel they have a real advantage over their rivals and that’s because of Antonio Conte and his record.
In Conte they have a coach who has won titles for every major club he has managed — five in total with Chelsea, Juventus and Inter Milan — and knows what it takes to qualify for the Champions League.
Conte is a back-three specialist. He wholeheartedly believes this system is the best way to be successful and, this time around, the set-up being used at Spurs looks closer to the one he deployed successfully at Chelsea rather than the one used more recently at Inter.