Tottenham defender Doherty feels back to his best under Conte

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Tottenham defender Doherty feels back to his best under Conte

Tottenham defender Matt Doherty feels back to his best under manager Antonio Conte.

With Conte, Doherty is now starting to feel at home on the pitch. Five successive Premier League starts. Four wins. A goal, three assists.

"I've just managed to hit the form that I was in at Wolves," says Doherty to the Daily Mail. "I feel really good on the pitch and things are going really well. That has just come with game-time, the manager trusting in you and, obviously, the formation helps a lot."

Conte teams play with wing-backs. And he wants those wing-backs to attack. That plays to Doherty's strengths. But, even so, it's taken a while to earn the manager's trust.

"It's just happening now where I feel I've gained his trust," says Doherty. "Even when we lost to United, lost to Middlesbrough, I wasn't taken out. I'm able to repay him and help the team set up goals and win games.

"There were times that I played for him and was in and out and then against Leeds [when he scored the opener and set up another in a 4-0 win] I kind of nailed it down and have been in ever since."