Antonio Conte Pinpoints Tottenham's Biggest Problem After Shock FA Cup Exit

• Tottenham’s hopes for silverware this season were ended following defeat to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup
• The North London club has had mixed fortunes in recent weeks, and Conte believes the team has a consistency problem
• Conte said the task at hand is to create a Tottenham team that is “more stable than the past”

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte outlined his frustrations after his side were knocked out of the FA Cup by Middlesbrough on Tuesday, March 1.

Nineteen-year-old substitute Josh Coburn scored the only goal of the game in extra time to confirm another season that Tottenham will go without a trophy.

Despite selecting his strongest XI available, Tottenham were simply not good enough as they allowed Chris Wilder’s side to get into the game and eventually find a winner.

Following the defeat, Conte was visibly upset with the result, which summed up his team’s roller-coaster nature in recent weeks.

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"For sure the result is not good and we have to be frustrated," he told the BBC.

"It was a pity because in these types of games you have to start and kill your opponent.

Tottenham’s high and low moments in recent weeks

Having secured a famous 3-2 win over Manchester City, Tottenham went on to suffer a shock defeat to Burnley, before bouncing back to winning ways with a 4-0 thumping of Leeds United in Marcelo Bielsa’s last game in charge.

But the shock FA Cup exit at the hands of Middlesbrough once again outlined an underlying problem within Tottenham – consistency.

"The truth is that today we are talking about a defeat. The last game we won, two games ago we lost, three games ago we won, and I think that I can't hide the reality no,” Conte went on.

"The reality that we are having too many ups and downs. We have to try and work, and I think this is a problem now and maybe also in the past.

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Having exited the FA Cup, Spurs now only have the Premier League to worry about.

Their next match is a tricky fixture on Monday, March 7, against Frank Lampard’s Everton in the Premier League.

Final Premier League table predicted

Meanwhile, Sports Brief reported of how a TalkSport supercomputer made predictions for the final league table of the 2021/22 campaign.

With stakes very much high from every angle, a talkSPORT supercomputer has predicted Man City will retain the EPL title.

Antonio Conte’s Tottenham has been tipped for a fifth-place finish, ahead of Manchester United.