Report: What Antonio Conte did right at the end of his press conference yesterday, it was very unusual for him

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Antonio Conte has made headlines for his press conference before Tottenham’s clash with Eintracht Frankfurt.

Football.London report that the Italian was tetchy from start to finish when he faced the media before the Champions League clash in Germany.

They say he did not greet reporters at all before the briefing started, when he is usually fairly affable with the journalists who cover Tottenham.

And then he rushed out of the room at the end, without saying a word and glaring at one reporter, when he usually says ‘thank you very much’ to those present on departure.

Conte conducts press conference before Frankfurt game

The report says the press conference started an hour late because Spurs only landed at Frankfurt Airport just as it was scheduled to start.

The final question – about his style of play compared to Arsenal’s – seemed to get Conte to get more and more annoyed as he answered it.

That came after he had made some interesting comments about Djed Spence and Matt Doherty, after Emerson Royal’s red card on Saturday.

We all know Conte is a fiery character, who hates losing, and perhaps the north London derby defeat is still playing on his mind.

Maybe it was the perceived criticism he got in the wake of that game, where Spurs went down to their bitterest rivals and played really poorly at the start of both halves.

But Conte will be looking to get back to winning ways in Germany tonight in the third match of the Champions League group stage.