Conte admits feeling 'one per cent possibility' of fourth-place finish at Spurs

The former Inter Milan and Chelsea boss has overseen three straight Premier League defeats at Spurs, his worst domestic run as a manager since 2009.

Tottenham currently sit eighth, behind West Ham, Arsenal and Wolves, six points below fourth-place Man United - but with three games in hand on the Red Devils.

And Conte admits that while he needed a glimmer of hope that a title would be possible at his previous clubs, Champions League qualification is his new Everest in the Premier League.

He told beIN Sport: "In the past I always say I have to feel only one per cent the possibility to win the league.

"For sure here the situation is strange because maybe I feel the one per cent possibility to have the ambition to finish fourth.

"The situation is different because the level of this league is very high and there is not a lot of space in this moment for other teams than the top teams.

"For this reason and because the level is high and you know every single team want to improve.

"Not only Tottenham but Arsenal, Leicester, West Ham, Aston Villa and Newcastle. Also teams like Brighton and Wolverhampton.

"They all want to improve and at the moment we have to fight with these teams and not the top teams."

Conte added: "It's important to not be scared about this situation now.

"We need to have the desire and the will to fight this situation and to try to rebuild again.

"But for me it's a totally different situation compared to my past."