Tottenham boss Antonio Conte says his team is "worse" than last season after their 3-3 draw with Southampton.

Conte had said on Thursday he does not expect to get sacked by the club, after comments he made following Spurs' European exit that they may decide to dismiss him before his contract ends in the summer.

He said those comments were "a joke", but indicated in his criticism that the club are "worse" than last season when they pipped London rivals Arsenal to a top-four spot.

"It's much better to go into the problem, because the problem is that for another time we showed that we are not a team," Conte said.

"Before today I prefer to hide this situation and to try to speak, to try to improve the spirit, the situation, with the words, With a lot of situations.

"If I have to compare last season and this season, we have to improve, but now we are worse in this aspect. When you are not a team, anything can happen, in any moment. Today is the last situation.

"Being a team, it is the most important thing. To understand that we play for the badge."