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David Moyes takes his turn to chat with the good folk of TNT. “Hopefully we can get the game from Saturday out of our system and show what we can do tonight … with the short turnaround it’s hard to get too much work done … when we were winning [at Newcastle] I’d have liked us to have been a bit tougher … we’ve been conceding a few goals which we have to eradicate … Tottenham’s style is very good … they’re an exciting team … we have to make sure to turn the ball over and cause problems on the counter … we’re up against a team who are very good in possession … when you’re a player and you’ve had a [bad] result, you want to come out and get the chance to show you can do it … they’re getting that opportunity tonight … a great game to play in, a big London derby, so let’s hope we turn up and show what we can do.”
Ange Postecoglou talks to TNT Sports. “It’s a good opportunity to freshen our team up … it’ll be a tough challenge tonight … the lads have pace which I think we’ll need … I’m a little bit of an outsider but I’m well informed about the rivalry between the clubs … I’m looking forward to it tonight … we’ve got to be really wary but our football is about imposing ourselves … our press and hard work has been pretty good … Son [who is making his 400th appearance for Spurs tonight] is outstanding and will go down as a legend at our club … he’s got such high standards … he’s an outstanding person as well … goals, assists and when you need them, too … I’m not dismissing Champions League football but I don’t want to see us making that the end goal and thinking it’s going to help us next year … ultimately the only thing that gives us is a platform to improve … I want us to finish the season strong and keep improving, then strengthen in the off-season … if we finish the season strong that sets us up for a bigger year next year.”
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2024/apr/02/west-ham-v-tottenham-premier-league-live
Author : Scott Murray
Publish date : 2024-04-02 18:43:32
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