“Only for us it is important to keep our level, our fitness, our mentality and we’ll see what happens”.
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And although West Ham do have an excellent track record in big games this season – they bottled their trip to White Hart Lane earlier this term as they were hammered 4-1.
Several football teams up and down the country have used stats from the computer game Football Manager to help clubs recruit and scout players for a number of years. Alli is more akin to playing further forward with his marauding runs, consummate finishing and range of passing while Dier is more at home sitting deep, picking off passes and stopping attacks before they are allowed to progress.
Mousa Dembele has an outside chance of a return against the Gunners as he nears recovery from a groin strain and Dele Alli is expected to shake off an ankle problem. Harry Kane was out of luck in the second half, when he was presented with a golden opportunity in front of goal but the striker scuffed his shot and Cheikhou Kouyate cleared.
Michail Antonio’s seventh-minute header was enough to beat fierce rivals Spurs, denting their title hopes and catapulting West Ham back into the race for a top-four finish.
Asked if his team were afflicted by nerves, Pochettino said: “No, no, no, no. We made some mistakes that, normally, we don’t make”.
Antonio opened the scoring on seven minutes with a close-range header from Dimitri Payet’s corner, and the Hammers then provided a text-book display of how to close out a game as they restricted Tottenham to half-chances and long-range efforts. Arsenal are third on 51 points with Manchester City in fourth on 47 points.
Manchester United would impress everyone to defeat Premier League contenders Arsenal 3-2 at Old Trafford at the weekend.
Pochettino’s men are yet to lose two consecutive matches this season, having drawn one and won five of their six previous games following defeats in all competitions. “We’re happy with how he was in the last 30 mins at West Ham”.
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Brian Oviedo will miss the match against West Ham with a knock he received towards the end of the Villa game, but otherwise the Everton side should be at full strength. We are getting a great price on a draw as well so this bet makes sense in my opinion so I am going to take it as my pick for this game.
