“It is one of our best performances and results this season”, said Pochettino. “We are a young squad”. We have been consistent but to win the title maybe we need more.
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“It is step by step”.
The Hammers will be without star playmaker Dimitri Payet, who is set for three months out with an ankle injury, but Pochettino is expecting a hard test from Slaven Bilic’s side.
Despite the two teams being fifth and sixth going into Sunday’s game, there seemed to be a huge gulf between the two sides, so is that the standard that West Ham now have to aspire to?
Kane then blew a golden chance for the potential second part of a hat trick as him and Alli broke away leading to a one on one situtaion but with so much time Kane was unsure what to do and dragged a left shot horribly wide.
Pochettino was even afforded the luxury of taking off Kane, Dele Alli and Son Heung-min, with a five-hour Europa League trip to Qarabag to come on Thursday.
“It was a complete performance from the team”.
“They are have some very good players and I see this as just a blip in confidence”.
Of the packed fixture list facing Tottenham, who had to manage three matches in six days a fortnight ago, Pochettino said: “I laugh”.
“The best word to describe my feelings is proud”.
“The most important thing is that the players believe in the way we play and we share the same philosophy”.
Captain Mark Noble is a West Ham fan and when his team is thumped by deadly London rivals Tottenham it hurts, it hurts like it would any Hammers supporter.
The Argentinian said the result, which extended their unbeaten run to 12 top-flight games, demonstrated Spurs had enough quality to finish in the top four but cautioned against talk of winning the title. “So hopefully we’ll do everything right now behind closed doors – recover well, train well and get lots of sleep – and hopefully we’ll be ready”.
West Ham: conquerors of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea, and strong top six contenders.
The Metropolitan police said the victim was knifed in the abdomen in the incident which took place around the junction of White Hart Lane and Tottenham High Road.
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Following the defeat to Spurs at the weekend Sullivan was less than happy with comments on Match of the Day 2, declaring himself “very shocked and surprised” at photos featuring himself and Levy saying their relationship was strained. We played bad but we have to admit they played a really good game of football.
