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Mauricio Pochettino 'proud' of Tottenham's character in last gasp draw with West Ham
TOTTENHAM boss Mauricio Pochettino says he's 'proud' of his side after they snatched a late draw against West Ham.
Mauricio Pochettino says he was proud of Spurs' character to earn late draw
West Ham looked to be going home with all the spoils, until Harry Kane was brought down in the box on the 95th minute by Alex Song.
The resulting penalty was saved by Adrian, but Harry Kane was never going to miss twice, and slammed home the fortuitous rebound.
Mauricio Pochettino said: "When you analyse the full 90 minutes I think we deserved one point. We started very well, had three chances to score, including the one where Harry Kane hit the post.
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I think we showed character - that's the most important thing
"When they scored it was difficult for us to play, because they play very deep and the counter attack is very good for West Ham with Sakho and Valencia who are very fast.
"But in the second half I thought some decisions were against us - the second goal was offside. But we need to finish better and score more goals.
"I think we showed character - that's the most important thing. Going into the last 10 minutes at 2-0 down, to finish the game 2-2 is something to be proud of."
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