Ameobi, who played for Nigeria in the 2014 World Cup after representing England at Under 21 level, had a spell with Premier League Crystal Palace last season.
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Palace came within a whisker of becoming the first side to take points off the Premier League leaders, only for Kelechi Iheanacho to strike late on and deny the hosts at Selhurst Park.
Midfielder Joe Ledley has recovered from a hamstring injury and striker Connor Wickham is due to train on Saturday following a rib knock.
“The players’ character and endeavour carried us through that run”.
He also talked about the drain that can be European competition because our league doesn’t factor in enough rest time for players in his view.
The Spurs are having one of their worst starts in recent years as they started the new season with a loss against Manchester United before drawing their next three games versus Stoke City, Leicester City, and Everton. It was really tough for them. I’m a big fan of [Harry] Kane, [Nacer] Chadli and [Christian] Eriksen.
West Ham made a rare foray into Europe this season after qualifying via the Fair Play League, but manager Slaven Bilic fielded weakened teams as they crashed out in the qualifying rounds.
“If we hadn’t have played well or they had dominated the match then maybe you could have said they deserved it, but it’s just gutting that we put so much effort in and we didn’t get that little break that we worked hard for”.
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“Now we need to prepare for Palace, try to perform well again and try to win on Sunday”.
