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Ange Postecoglou called on wasteful Tottenham to not feel sorry for themselves after they suffered a fourth defeat in five matches with a 2-1 home loss to West Ham.<\/p>\n
Injury-hit Spurs appeared on course to claim a first win since October 27 at half-time after Cristian Romero returned from suspension to score in the 11th minute.<\/p>\n
David Moyes\u2019 side produced an impressive second-half turnaround, with Jarrod Bowen netting on the road again after 52 minutes before James Ward-Prowse fired a 74th-minute winner after an error by Tottenham defender Destiny Udogie.<\/p>\n
It extends Spurs\u2019 winless run to five matches despite them taking the lead in each of those fixtures, which is a new Premier League record but Postecoglou urged them to bounce back on Sunday when Newcastle visit north London.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no point in feeling sorry for ourselves, looking for a cuddle anywhere,\u201d Postecoglou insisted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s only one way to change our circumstances and that is to come here on Sunday and put in a performance. Not just play good football but go out there and show some conviction about ourselves as a team.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes we can disguise how we\u2019re going by playing some nice stuff but like I said from day one, that\u2019s not what I\u2019m about.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to win and that\u2019s why I came to this football club and that\u2019s the message.<\/p>\n
I think it’s another game where we’ve dominated a game of football and haven’t turned our dominance into something more tangible<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve still got a long way to go, I\u2019ve said that from the start. We\u2019re still right at the beginning of what we need to create and days like today just give me further evidence and fuel of how much we need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spurs produced another impressive first-half display, which has become a trademark during the past month but they only had Romero\u2019s goal to show for it after several openings were squandered, while Lo Celso\u2019s late cross was deflected onto the woodwork by West Ham captain Kurt Zouma.<\/p>\n
It was a different story in the second period after the Hammers levelled through Bowen, but Tottenham substitute Richarlison did send a free header wide from six yards in the 70th minute when the game was finely-poised at 1-1.<\/p>\n
Postecoglou admitted: \u201cI think it\u2019s another game where we\u2019ve dominated a game of football and haven\u2019t turned our dominance into something more tangible and kept the opposition in the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we were really poor in both boxes tonight \u2013 both with our finishing and both goals were terrible to concede.<\/p>\n
\u201cUs being good means us being 3-0 up. This isn\u2019t about us playing good football, it\u2019s about us winning games of football. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve said from the start.<\/p>\n
\u201c1-0 at half-time was not a good performance. A good performance would have been 3-0 or 4-0 up, as was the case against Villa, and when you don\u2019t, and give up goals you shouldn\u2019t like today, then you get what you deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
West Ham boss David Moyes was delighted with his team after they earned a fifth win in six games with Bowen netting on the road again.<\/p>\n
The England international only returned from a knee injury in Sunday\u2019s 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace and while he missed a late chance in that draw, he bounced back in this derby to score in a seventh consecutive Premier League away game.<\/p>\n
\u201cJarrod was a little bit off it at the weekend and he\u2019d been out three or four weeks, so he looked a bit rusty,\u201d Moyes reflected.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it fell to him, I thought, \u2018oh wow he\u2019s got himself another goal,\u2019 andobviously I want Jarrod to keep doing it for us, but also as long as he keeps doing it, he will keep in Gareth\u2019s (Southgate) mind as well because he\u2019s someone who can play forward or wide and score goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a competition this summer where you are going to need people to score goals, hopefully Jarrod will be part of that, but as long as he keeps scoring for me at the moment that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n