mawspurs
13-08-2007, 07:27 PM
Source: Official Site
Didier Zokora is targeting six points from our first two home games of the Barclays Premier League campaign.
A usually buoyant Didier was naturally down in the dumps after Saturday's opening day defeat at Sunderland and determined to put it right on home soil against Everton on Tuesday night (August 14, 8pm) and then Derby County on Saturday (August 18, 3pm).
Everton arrive at the Lane on the back of a win in their opener against Wigan at Goodison Park and, as last season's 2-0 win in the corresponding fixture underlines, are no pushovers on their travels. Indeed, that was one of only four league defeats we suffered at the Lane.
"The players aren't happy because we lost the first game but the next two games are at home and they are very important," insisted Didier after training at Spurs Lodge.
"If we can pick up six points from those two games we will then be confident and people won't be thinking about Sunderland.
"Everton are playing well and last season they beat us at White Hart Lane. That was disappointing and this is a big game. We want the three points and the players are motivated to show everyone - themselves, the manager, the fans - that we can bounce back from Sunderland.
"The fans are fantastic to me and I want us to go out and win those points for them."
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Paul Robinson is thankful that our next game comes around quickly after the late goal denied us any reward from the trip to Sunderland on Saturday.
Michael Chopra's winner just seconds from time settled a contest that never really got going and made it an unhappy opening day for us in the North East
"We didn't deserve to win the game," said the goalkeeper afterward, who made two big saves in the encounter at the Stadium of Light. "We didn't play well, we should have nicked a point, but credit to Sunderland for nicking a goal that they probably deserved.
"It wasn't a good game and I only had to make a couple of saves. We're devastated, we wanted to get off to a good start and we've done exactly what we didn't want to do," he added, before turning his mind to the visit of Everton to the Lane on Tuesday night.
"The only good thing is that the next game is on Tuesday, we are at home again and we've got to get our season on track."
Didier Zokora is targeting six points from our first two home games of the Barclays Premier League campaign.
A usually buoyant Didier was naturally down in the dumps after Saturday's opening day defeat at Sunderland and determined to put it right on home soil against Everton on Tuesday night (August 14, 8pm) and then Derby County on Saturday (August 18, 3pm).
Everton arrive at the Lane on the back of a win in their opener against Wigan at Goodison Park and, as last season's 2-0 win in the corresponding fixture underlines, are no pushovers on their travels. Indeed, that was one of only four league defeats we suffered at the Lane.
"The players aren't happy because we lost the first game but the next two games are at home and they are very important," insisted Didier after training at Spurs Lodge.
"If we can pick up six points from those two games we will then be confident and people won't be thinking about Sunderland.
"Everton are playing well and last season they beat us at White Hart Lane. That was disappointing and this is a big game. We want the three points and the players are motivated to show everyone - themselves, the manager, the fans - that we can bounce back from Sunderland.
"The fans are fantastic to me and I want us to go out and win those points for them."
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Paul Robinson is thankful that our next game comes around quickly after the late goal denied us any reward from the trip to Sunderland on Saturday.
Michael Chopra's winner just seconds from time settled a contest that never really got going and made it an unhappy opening day for us in the North East
"We didn't deserve to win the game," said the goalkeeper afterward, who made two big saves in the encounter at the Stadium of Light. "We didn't play well, we should have nicked a point, but credit to Sunderland for nicking a goal that they probably deserved.
"It wasn't a good game and I only had to make a couple of saves. We're devastated, we wanted to get off to a good start and we've done exactly what we didn't want to do," he added, before turning his mind to the visit of Everton to the Lane on Tuesday night.
"The only good thing is that the next game is on Tuesday, we are at home again and we've got to get our season on track."