‘This win came too late’ – Joao Palhinha insists Tottenham have deserved more wins

Joao Palhinha has reflected on Tottenham’s 1-0 win over Wolves and the feeling inside the dressing room as the club desperately tries to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

It was Palhinha who popped up with the all-important winner for Spurs at the Molineux Stadium, which was the Lilywhites’ first league win in nearly four months.

However, the result did not change the club’s situation much as West Ham maintained their two-point lead over their London rivals, owing to a stoppage-time winner against Everton.

According to Opta’s Supercomputer, Tottenham remain big favourites to join Burnley and Wolves in the Championship next season.

Joao Palhinha admits win over Wolves meant more than just three points for Tottenham

In the lead up to the clash at the West Midlands, it felt like the Tottenham players had forgotten how it felt to win in the Premier League, having not won a single league game this calendar year.

The relief was evident in the faces of the players and the travelling Spurs fans at Molineux, with Palhinha confessing that it meant more than just the three points.

When asked about the reaction of the players after his goal and the final whistle, the midfielder told the club’s official website: “It means much more than three points, this victory, the goal. Of course, I celebrate with the same emotion as before, but probably more with the fans and the crowd, because we’re all together on this. They especially deserve this victory. Us as well.

“It has been a long time, really tough times to be at the club. I think we deserved it as well in the past, some victories probably more than today. We did more to win the game than today and we didn’t reach those victories, but football is like that. The important thing is we took today the three points. We need to focus on the reality that we are right now and especially focus on the main goal this season, until the end of the season, which is to stay in the Premier League.

“It was not easy. The people that think that Wolves, it’s easy, because they are in the bottom three… definitely not. You have the example of Liverpool, you have the example of Arsenal, what happened here with them.

“The truth is it’s a team that doesn’t have pressure right now, so, nothing changed for them and they are playing without any kind of pressure. Sometimes, this is more hard for the teams that will come here to this place. I think in some moments of the game we did well, especially at the end, we probably felt more anxious with the ball because we were just thinking to win that game – it was all about that.”

Palhinha claims Spurs are deserving of more points

The Tottenham star suggested that the win at Wolves “came too late” for the Lilywhites, insisting that their performances of late had deserved better results.

The 30-year-old is hopeful that the win can give the players the lift they need to have a strong end to the season and pull themselves out of trouble.

When asked what the feeling inside the dressing room was like after the win over Wolves, Palhinha said: “More smiles than before, much more, because as I said, this win came too late in my opinion, because I think the team deserved to win games even in the past.

“I think it’s much more than three points today and I think this can give us an extra boost for the rest of the season. That’s the main thing. All the players, all the coaches, all the supporters as well, we’re all together and we need to keep it like that until the end of the season.”

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