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José Mourinho admitted that his Tottenham players weren’t mentally strong enough in the 3-3 draw with West Ham when Gareth Bale’s second debut turned into a nightmare.
Manuel Lanzini scored the kind of impressive 25-yard tie in injury time that Bale used to score from the Spurs to snatch a point from West Ham after the visitors trailed 3-0 after just 16 minutes.
Bale entered in 72North Dakota minute and it wasn’t until 10 minutes later that West Ham even started their comeback to leave Spurs without a home victory in the Premier League for the entire season.
“I think you can imagine how frustrated I am. It was exactly when we had control that we granted the first one and his confidence increased.
“My guys weren’t strong enough to deal with it psychologically.
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“The last seconds we lost two points. This is a game that was in the pocket and we lost two points.
“It’s difficult to say complacency. Be critical at that level. A team that scores three goals like us can’t lose like we did.”
“They were lucky, but maybe they deserved that luck. We were unlucky, but maybe we deserved it.”
“Harry Kane hit the post. Bale can score the fourth and kill him. Based on free throws and second balls, they found a style. We should be stronger.
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“In the second half, West Ham took a lot of risks, pushing and giving us more space.
“I don’t know if it was us inviting them or with them with the extra motivation to enter the game. I can’t identify if it was us or them, maybe both.”
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min added: “The guys are devastated by the result, we think we deserved the three points and we played very well until the final 10 minutes. It’s a shock. “
Moyes joked that he was willing to avoid giving him the full ‘Mourinho’ with his reaction, referring to the Special One antics at Old Trafford after Manchester United beat Porto in 2004.
“I just saw my celebration … I know someone else who has run and slid down the touchline so I wasn’t going to copy that,” Moyes said.
“But that David Pleat moment came to mind.
“It’s one of those moments that doesn’t happen often in football. At one point, you’re saying how bad this can get.
“In football you have a lot of casualties when you work hard and try to reach the highest level, so you have good moments, but also a lot of bad ones. Today was a great moment. It was a brilliant moment for Manu.”
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