“To do it against a Spurs who are doing very well this season and who have conceded the least goals and scored the most goals, blah, blah, blah and to do it in style means they should be happy with the result, not us”. After Leicester was held to a draw last night against West Brom, Tottenham has a window of opportunity that could change the remainder of the season.
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“We did to them what they have done to a lot of teams this season – we knew all about their counter attack”.
Mousa Dembele (groin) is unavailable once again, but Tom Carroll is fit again and Pochettino could give a breather to playmaker Dele Alli, who has started the last five matches. “We know from the beginning of the season what was our objective – to reduce the gap at the top”. If anything, West Ham looked like they could double their lead, Hugo Lloris called into action to tip a Mark Noble effort around the post.
Spurs could have topped the Premier League for the first time outside of August in their history with a win but the blow was softened by Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Swansea at the Emirates Stadium.
“It is important to keep our level, our fitness, our mentality and we’ll see what happens”.
The Croat had a short but distinguished playing career at West Ham – and has brought charisma and style to a club that prides itself (not necessarily with much justification in the recent era) on playing with a certain style and panache.
“It’s not easy to play every week”. It was the same in the first 20 minutes against Swansea on Sunday, and today (Wednesday) we started not so good. That being said, Tottenham are filled with quality players and I think that they will be good enough to win this game, even away from home.
West Ham are unbeaten in 13 league and cup games at home (W8, D5). A win in both of those games would make them favourites for the Premier League title. “We were facing a team that on paper is one of the best teams in England”.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino believes his side’s poor first half performance was a key reason why they fell to defeat at West Ham on Wednesday night, according to ESPN.
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Tottenham’s best chance in those final stages came to the man they’d have most liked to have it, Harry Kane. West Ham have nine points from just four derby matches.
