“We are the surprise, that is fantastic, a good energy, but if we are realistic the real competitors are City, Arsenal and Tottenham”.
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The West Ham Irons are unbeaten in 12 league and cup games at home, according to the BBC.
The Spurs boss said: “We are near the top after a very busy period”.
Things are getting tight in the race to the top of the Premiere League table, and Wednesday’s action was full of both missed opportunities and last ditch efforts.
Spurs, who needed a win to go top, were aiming for a seventh successive league victory for the first time in nearly 50 years but lost their first league match since mid-January.
“We had more freedom in the second half but if you don’t score it’s hard to get the points”.
Spurs sit two points behind league leaders Leicester ahead of two crunch London derbies, with a trip to West Ham to come on Wednesday before the grudge match on Saturday against Arsenal.
If they stutter in any of those three big Premier League matches – or, in fact, against anyone else in the run-in – some will accuse Tottenham of lacking backbone and steel.
Spurs are the second-most prolific shooting side in the division (according to WhoScored) but managed no attempts on West Ham’s goal in the first half.
The Guardian has revealed highly-rated Tottenham Hotspur prodigy Marcus Edwards is yet to pen a new deal with the club and, as such, will be available on a free transfer in 2017 when his scholarship expires. “For the whole 90 minutes we were magnificent”.
West Ham: Adrian 7, Obiang 7, Collins 7, Ogbonna 7, Cresswell 7, Noble 8, Kouyate 9, Antonio 8, Payet 8, Lanzini 7, Emenike 7.
“When you lose you can blame that the players are exhausted or whatever but the reality is that it was just a bad night for us to play the way we play tonight”.
Tottenham face their North London enemies on Saturday.
Either way, it’s Villa-Ardiles which wins out over Tevez-Mascherano if it’s a West Ham v Tottenham battle we’re talking about.
After facing Arsenal, Spurs travel to Germany for next week’s Europa League last-16 first leg against Borussia Dortmund, before travelling to Villa Park on Sunday for another crucial league game.
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“I think we learn a lot and improve in our way only we need to fight in every game and keep the same mentality”.
