Antonio Conte has called for patience as he tries to take Tottenham Hotspur back to the top table of English football.

Conte got the full Spurs experience as they won 3-2 against Vitesse Arnhem in his first game in charge since taking over from Nuno Espirito Santo.

They were 3-0 up inside 30 minutes of the Europa Conference League Group G as Son Heung-min's opener, a Lucas Moura strike and Jacob Rasmussen's own goal put them in control.

But Rasmussen scored at the right end and then Matus Bero made it 3-2 before the break. When Cristian Romero was sent off on the hour Spurs were on the rack until two red cards in quick succession for Danilho Doekhi and Markus Schubert eased the pressure.

Conte, who has won league titles at Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan, has arrived at a club with a brilliant infrastructure in the shape of their new One billion (1.4 billion USD) stadium and impressive training ground.

But the Italian knows Spurs are a long way off matching that on the pitch.

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0:00 SOUNDBITE (English): Antonio Conte, Tottenham Hotspur head coach:

(on having limited time to work with the team as the international break approaches)

"We need time. We need time to work. We need time to work. This is the only aspect that, not I'm afraid, but I'd like to have time to work.This team and I, we need to work together to bring them my idea of football and to work tactical aspects, physical aspects, to know them, much better than now. This is the only aspect that I am a bit scared, a bit afraid. But I know that there is this type of situation, and for this reason, we need a bit of patience. And I know that I have to be patient. Because is a situation that we don't have too much time to work."

1:14 SOUNDBITE (English): Antonio Conte, Tottenham Hotspur head coach:

(on 3-2 win over Vitesse Arnhem)

"My first impression, a crazy game, a crazy game because we were winning 3-0 and I think we were dominating the game, created many chances to score other goals. Instead in 10 minutes we conceded two goals. In that moment, we lost a bit of confidence. I think we have to work also in this aspect. But we should win and we won."

2:01 SOUNDBITE (English): Antonio Conte, Tottenham Hotspur head coach:

(On his expectations from this Spurs side)

"I want a stable team, when there's a possibility to kill the opponent, you must kill. But for sure, my players showed me great commitment, great resilience, and I think this is a good aspect. I think this team needs to win also suffering. It was important today."

SOURCE: Tottenham Hotspur

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