Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga says manager Antonio Conte expects injured players to attend tactical meetings.

Tanganga missed the final four months of last season following knee surgery but both he and Oliver Skipp, ruled out for the same length of time by a pelvic injury, sat in on Conte's meetings and tried to absorb the details.

"We were injured together and we would go into the meetings," said Tanganga. "He'd be talking about the defenders and what they needed to implement.

"We'd just work out what we'd do if we were playing so when we did get back fit, which we are now, we knew what we had to do.

"It's just keeping our head with the team, being together and knowing that when we were back we were ready to implement what he wanted."