Kaboul: Spurs can keep building with extra steel
The victory was Spurs’ sixth in seven Premier League matches at White Hart Lane, where goals have been hard to come by of late.
The north Londoners have only managed to score once in each of their past three games, which Kaboul believes heightens the need for defensive solidity.
“Last year we lost or drew these kind of games, which is why we finished fifth at the end of the season rather than fourth or third, so this season we don’t want to make the same mistakes,” Kaboul said.
“I suppose we are a massive team in England now. We’re playing against high-quality teams who can play football, but when they come here they just drop back, they just defend. It’s a good result for us, we just have to keep this run going. It wasn’t the best game ever but you have to win those matches, take three points and look forward to the next one. That’s the only way we will achieve something at the end of the season.”
To do that Tottenham will be hoping injuries to William Gallas and Sandro are not as bad as first thought. The pair went off with suspected calf tears and the club are awaiting news on the severity of the damage. West Brom have injury problems of their own, which were compounded when Jerome Thomas limped off in north London.
Roy Hodgson’s side put up a valiant fight against Spurs and came close to grabbing an equaliser on several occasions during the closing stages, leaving midfielder George Thorne pleased by the performance, if not the result.
“The players definitely feel hard done by,” he said. “We definitely felt we could have got a point. We had a few chances at the end but, as I said, to do that against title contenders and a team as good as Tottenham you can only take positives from it.”
Spurs have also announced that an 81-year-old fan died in the ground during the match after suffering a heart attack.
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