London (dpa)
Australian Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham’s coach, called on his players not to feel regret, following the team’s fourth loss in its last five matches in the English Premier League.
Tottenham continued to suffer from shaky results in the recent period in the English Premier League, after losing 1-2 to its guest, West Ham United, in the 15th round of the tournament.
It seemed that Tottenham, which is suffering from several injuries among its players, was on its way to achieving its first victory in the competition since last October 27, after taking the lead with a goal in the first half, signed by its Argentine player, Cristian Romero, who returned from suspension, in the 11th minute, but West Ham quickly turned the tables. against his opponent in the second half.
Jarrod Bowen scored the equalizer for West Ham in the 52nd minute, while James Ward-Prowse added the winning goal for the visitors in the 74th minute, taking advantage of an error by Destiny Udoji, the Tottenham defender. Thus, Tottenham extended its winless run to 5 consecutive matches, despite advancing in the score during it, achieving a new record in the history of the English Premier League, but Postecoglou called on his players to overcome the defeat, before the team’s next confrontation with its host Newcastle United, on Sunday, in the next stage. From the competition.
Postecoglou said in statements reported by the British news agency, PA Media: There is no point in feeling sorry and looking for a place of containment.
The Tottenham coach explained: There is only one way to change our circumstances, and that is to come to the field on Sunday and perform well. Not only do we play good football, but we go out there and show some conviction in ourselves as a team.
Postecoglou said: I want to win, and that is why I came to this club, and this is the message, and we still have a long way to go. I said that from the beginning. We are still on the way to achieving what we have to achieve, and days like these give me more indications about how much we have to do. doing it. Tottenham gave a wonderful performance, as usual, in the first half of their matches since last month, but they were satisfied with scoring a single goal through Romero, while their players competed in wasting many easy opportunities.
Things went very differently in the second half, after West Ham equalized with the signing of Bowen, before the Brazilian “substitute” Richarlison wasted an opportunity for the team in the 70th minute, after he shot the ball outside the goal with a header, without anyone harassing him, while he was just a few steps away. Very little from the visitors’ goal, when the score was a 1-1 draw.
Postecoglou admitted: I think it was another match in which we controlled the course of events, and we did not transfer that control to something more tangible, and we kept the opponent in the match.
He said: I think we were really bad in the penalty areas, in terms of ending attacks and preventing the opposing players from scoring against us. It was difficult for our goal to concede two goals.
With this loss, Tottenham’s balance froze at 27 points in fifth place, 9 points behind leaders Arsenal.
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