Tottenham ratings v Vitesse: Cristian Romero 4, Harry Kane 6, Son Heung-min 8

Chaotic first match for new manager Antonio Conte sees Spurs defeat Dutch side 3-2 in Europa Conference League

SPURS RATINGS: Hugo Lloris - 8: Wonderful fingertip save over bar from Sondre Trondstad’s 25-metre strike, only to see Vitesse score from resulting corner. Exposed by defensive errors for Vitesse goals. Two fine stops after break from substitute Lois Openda and Riechedly Bazoer strikes. Reuters

Cristian Romero - 4: Fine through-ball to set-up chance for Son in first couple of minutes. Booked for cynical first-half foul on Yann Gboho to prevent counter-attack and shown red card just before the hour for rugby tackling Openda to the ground. Went down holding his chest after challenge and had no idea he’d been sent-off. Reuters

Emerson Royal - 7: Played in wing-back role and looked to bomb forward from start offering Spurs plenty of width down right. Tried to lob Markus Schubert when goalkeeper raced outside box and blocked shot with his arm leading to red card five minutes from time. PA

Oliver Skipp - 5: Solid enough first half in the centre of the park but reacted slowly on edge of box just after break that allowed Openda to fire shot wide. Unconvincing second half and no surprise when taken off. PA

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg - 6: Won ball and supplied pass that helped set-up Son opener, but then not quite the usual high standards from the Dane who didn’t press with his usual intensity. EPA

Lucas Moura - 7: Had shot saved by keeper that ended up at feet of Son for first goal but made it 2-0 with calm finish as visitor’s defence was cracked wide open. Gave ball away in run-up to Vitesse’s second. Reuters

Harry Kane - 6: Supplied ball through to Moura for Spurs’ second, while stadium announcer attempted to give him the third which was clearly an own goal. Wrestled to ground by Danilho Doekhi that saw Vitesse captain sent-off for second yellow 10 minutes from time. Getting Kane in form - and sorting the defence - is one of Conte's priorites. Reuters

Harry Winks – (On for Skipp 73’) 7: Played well when he came on and was improvement on Skipp. EPA Giovani La Celso – (On for Hojbjerg 87’) N/A. Infuriated Kane by failing to send early pass to striker, then missed chance to make it 4-2 in injury-time.

New manager Antonio Conte watched his Tottenham Hotspur side defeat Vitesse 3-2 in the Europa Conference League on a chaotic night in London.

The Italian manager received a warm welcome from home fans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before the game on Thursday, which started with Spurs very much on the front foot as they went three goals up inside the first half-hour.

Son Heung-min drove home the first goal of the Conte reign after 14 minutes, before a cool Lucas Moura finish made it 2-0 eight minutes later.

Jacob Rasmussen looked to have put Spurs out of sight when he bundled into his own net under pressure from Harry Kane.

But Spurs familiar defensive frailties soon surfaced when Rasmussen outjumped Eric Dier to score in the correct end this time before a sloppy Moura pass led to Matus Bero making it 3-2 six minutes before half-time.

Spurs defender Cristian Romero was sent off for clumsy second-half challenge on Openda but Vitesse's momentum stalled when captain Danilho Doekhi was shown a second yellow card for hauling down Kane.

Vitesse goalkeeper Markus Schubert was soon also heading for an early shower for handling outside his area as he ran out to stop an Emerson Royal shot.

The win moves Spurs second in Group G with seven points, three behind leaders Rennes, with their next game coming against Everton on Sunday in the Premier League.

“It was a crazy game,” Conte, who has replaced Nuno Espirito Santo as manager, told BT Sport. “Usually I don't like this type of game — a crazy game means anything can happen. But at the same time I think we should win and we won.

“We need to have a bit of patience because we need to work on many aspects — tactically and physically. I'm not afraid about the work. I know only through the work you can reach important targets.”

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