Mauricio Pochettino's West Ham Reaction

[Saint-Armstrong]

Pochettino speaking to BBC Radio Solent:

 

• It is hard to enjoy games like that
  
• I am soaking wet
  
• I congratulate the players, they did quite well in weather conditions that favoured West Ham's style
  
• I think we played the game as we wanted
  
• We imposed our brand of football
  
• I think we defended well
  
• We nullified their style of play, we toned them down
  
• It's just a shame about the result, as my players' performance was really good
  
• I think we were unlucky the ball went through Davis' legs, touched a leg and swerved in
  
• Adding to that, how wet it was - it was hard for Artur to control the ball
  
• Personally I don't know much about the virus
  
• But I do know that four or five have been affected so we haven't been able to train properly
  
• It was a risk to bring Jay on, he was only able to train yesterday
  
• He basically spent all week without training
  
• The energy that he displayed showed a lot of him, overall though it was a risk so we didn't want to play him too much
  
• I am excited to meet Laudrup again next weekend
  
• They play a very similar style to us
  
• So I hope we see a good spectacle next week
  

[Ally Biggs]

Moyes said some great stuff about Saints yesterday on Match of the day which makes a change from having to listen to that f**kwit Lawro