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Antonio Conte’s spell at Tottenham Hotspur got off to winning start thanks to a 3-2 victory against Vitesse Arnhem on Thursday.
In front of a raucous crowd in north London, Spurs got their supporters bouncing with an emphatic opening spell.
Son Heung-min latched onto a scramble in the box to make it 1-0 after 14 minutes.
Lucas Moura – starting up front with Kane and Son in a 3-4-3 formation – made it two after breaking free of the Vitesse defence.
With 28 minutes on the clock, it was 3-0 for the home side as Harry Kane and Ben Davies forced an own goal from Jacob Rasmussen.
But it was evident that Conte has his work cut out for him as Vitesse quickly got back in the game.
Rasmussen made up for his earlier indiscretion by getting the Dutch side back into the game four minutes after his own goal.
Five minutes before half-time and Vitesse were down only a goal after Matus Bero took advantage of sloppy play from Moura before slotting past Hugo Lloris.
Cristiano Romero then made Spurs play with 10-men after he was shown a second yellow for fouling Lois Openda.
The personnel advantage was even with 10 minutes left when Danilho Doekhi was shown his second yellow, before Vitesse were reduced to nine-men after Markus Schubert’s deliberate handball to stop Emerson Royal’s lob.
Spurs are now second in their Europa Conference League group, three points behind leaders Rennes.
Speaking after the game, Conte was relieved to win what he described as a ‘crazy’ match.