{"id":13672,"date":"2023-12-08T04:17:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/13672\/son-blasts-soft-spurs-after\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T04:17:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T01:17:09","slug":"son-blasts-soft-spurs-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=13672","title":{"rendered":"Son blasts &#8216;soft&#8217; Spurs after making unwanted PL history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Son blasts &#8216;soft&#8217; Spurs after making unwanted PL history\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 Striker Son Heung-Min said Tottenham were too &#8220;soft&#8221; after suffering a 2-1 defeat to West Ham after initially taking the lead, becoming the first team in Premier League history to losing points after a winning position in five consecutive matches.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs took an early lead through a Cristian Romero header in the 11th minute, but failed to further capitalize on their first-half dominance, with West Ham scoring two counter-attacking goals in the second half thanks to Jarrod Bowen and James Ward-Prowse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lost the match, which is unacceptable,\u201d Son told Amazon Prime in a post-match interview.  \u201cYou take the lead five times in a row and losing the match I think is unacceptable and as players we have to take responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was always difficult to play against West Ham, but look, we were soft. Especially in the Premier League, even if you <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> 2-0, 3-0, you don&#39;t know what&#39;s going to happen in the end. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the team&#39;s failure to put teams away was psychological, Son said: &#8220;Not at all. But like I said before, the players have to take responsibility, and the fans don&#39;t deserve that. When you lead 1-0 early, you should bring even more energy. We didn&#39;t do that and that&#39;s why we lost.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Tottenham made unwanted Premier League history against West Ham. <cite>Rob Newell \u2013 CameraSport via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The result marks the first time since 2008 that Spurs have suffered three consecutive home defeats.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Ange Postecoglou said his team needed to start getting results and made it clear his team was more focused on winning than playing an entertaining style of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s another game where we dominated a football game and we didn&#39;t turn it into something more&#8230; we have a long way to go as a team,&#8221; Postecoglou said during a post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being good means we are 3-0 up. It&#39;s not about playing good football, it&#39;s about winning football matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#39;ve said it from the start, that&#39;s all I wanted to build teams capable of winning games. Leading 1-0 at half-time was not a good performance from us. We would have had to lead three, four and zero in the first half.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think at the moment we are going through a period where we are supposedly playing good football, but I don&#39;t see it,\u201d he added.  \u201cWhat I see is that we are not showing any real, clear conviction in what we are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Injured Spurs were without nine first-team players for Thursday&#39;s match, including defender Micky van de Ven and playmaker James Maddison.<\/p>\n<p>The result means Tottenham remain fifth in the Premier League on 27 points after 15 games, a marked difference since late October when Postecoglou&#39;s side were five points clear at the top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Son blasts &#8216;soft&#8217; Spurs after making unwanted PL history\u060c LONDON \u2014 Striker Son Heung-Min said Tottenham were too &#8220;soft&#8221; after suffering a 2-1 defeat to West Ham after initially taking the lead, becoming the first team in Premier League history to losing points after a winning position in five consecutive matches. 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