Tottenham boss Antonio Conte was delighted with Matt Doherty for victory over Everton.

Conte was discussing Doherty ahead of the midweek clash with Manchester United.

He said, "About Matthew, he needed time, time to recover well. On the physical aspect and I think also with the mental aspect, because last season Matthew started the season struggling a lot and then when he started to play he played very well and he had an amazing season in my opinion.

"He took a lot of confidence in his potentiality. What happened for sure if your feeling is good, you feel yourself strong.

Then it happened a serious injury and he struggled a lot to recover from this injury. During the training sessions, the player didn't feel the same confidence of the past and in my opinion for this reason he needed more time to be fit and to be good, to have good form.

"Now he came back and I'm really pleased for him. It was really important also for him to go with the international team and play two games in a row. Then he played against Brighton, he played a good game. Then in the last game he played really well."

"I'm really happy for him because we are talking about a really good guy and especially also a player who needs to feel confidence in himself."