Tottenham boss Antonio Conte defended summer signing Ivan Perisic this week.

The Croatian came under criticism after Spurs were beaten 4-2 by Manchester City on Thursday.

Despite storming to a 2-0 lead away from home at half-time, Spurs had a poor second half and ended up with nothing from the game.

When asked if Perisic was under fire for making several mistakes in the game, Conte told reporters: “Yeah but I don't like to go about the single player, but for sure when we concede four goals the first person responsible is the coach. Then the players because I don't put the mistakes on my players.

“The mistake first of all is mine because it means that maybe we have to work defensively more to be more compact, like the whole team not only the defenders because when concede a goal it means the whole team not only the defenders, the keeper or a single player."