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Antonio Conte stresses he is not a ‘magician’ and that he needs time to close the ‘gap between Tottenham and the top teams in England’ after their embarrassing defeat to Mura exposed the size of the job on his hands

Antonio Conte says he is not a 'magician' and now understands the size of the job on his hands at Tottenham after they suffered one of the most embarrassing nights in their history.

Conte watched on as his 10-man side were beaten 2-1 by Slovenian minnows NS Mura - the lowest-ranked team in the Europa Conference League who had lost all four of their previous games.

Spurs went down to Amadej Marosa's stoppage-time goal after Harry Kane had earlier cancelled out Tomi Horvat's shock opener.

Antonio Conte says he is not a 'magician' and now understands the size of the job on his hands at Tottenham after they suffered one of the most embarrassing nights in their history

Conte, who was appointed to replace Nuno Espirito Santo three weeks ago, has been tasked with taking Tottenham back to the top table of English football.