Tottenham Hotspur Andre Villas-Boas has called for patience from the fans and insists that he is not worried about Tottenham’ season, despite suffering a last minute goal by West Brom in Saturday’s draw.
The club had struggled to find the back of the net in the game despite now having signed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmanuel-Adebayor-c12526 on a permanent basis from Manchester City. It took the team more than 60 minutes to score a goal, which came through a Benoit Assou-Ekotto strike.
Spurs wasted a number of good chances in the first half. Players such as Rafael Van Der Vaart, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Bale-c14422 all spurned decent chances to put their side ahead, but all was fruitless.
Tottenham thought they had the sealed all three points but were dealt a blow as West Brom drew level in the dying minutes of the game through James Morrison. The Baggies, fresh from a 3-0 home victory against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, were knocking on the gates and kept
on pushing for the equalizer.
Despite dominating the majority of the game, Tottenham only came away with a point and were booed off the pitch by their supporters. Villas-Boas was criticized by many fans and analysts for failing to win at home, but the Portuguese manager remains unfazed
by the result and insists that the team will win a game soon.
"It is very, very important to get that first win but there are still 36 games ahead of us. We have one more point than we did this time last year."
He added: "The players have been excellent. They have been receptive and there is a good feeling about what we are doing."
"It was frustrating not to get something from the first half today. We created lots of opportunities and we were extremely attacking. We could have got something from the first half but we didn't so it was a pity we conceded that goal right at the end.”
West Brom manager Steve Clarke expressed his delight at his at sealing four points from two games and he praised his side’s character and fighting spirit after the game.
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