1:30pm Monday 15th March 2010
By Andy Cryer
SAM Allardyce has accused of Blackburn Rovers of committing “suicide” at White Hart Lane on Saturday after a brave away display was destroyed by mistakes.
The Rovers boss was satisfied with his side’s overall performance but pointed at too many individual errors as the main reason for their 3-1 defeat.
Jermain Defoe’s close range effort started the ball rolling for the hosts on the stroke of half time, before Roman Pavlyuch-enko’s second half brace sandwiched Chris Samba’s towering header.
Allardyce said: “In the main we have ourselves to blame. For the goals we have conceded we have ourselves to blame and we have had the unfortunate situation where we have had to change our goalkeeper as well.
“The first goal it was more the near post area we should have defended better. That was very disappointing having got to a stage of the game where we should have been determined enough to get to half time 0-0.
“It came because we did a lot of messing about with our own throw in in our own half before that and not getting the ball in the opposition half, we ended up putting ourselves under pressure, conceded the corner and ultimately conceding the goal.
“Second half, we reorganise, take control of the game and are dominating it. Spending most of it in Tottenham’s half and trying to create a goal when Brett Emerton heads a ball sideways to the edge of their box instead of across goal, their player picks it up passes, makes a run and within three or four second Pavlyuchenko is on the edge of our box has a shot and it goes under Jason Brown.
“You can’t keep committing suicide like that. Our overall play was very good and we got ourselves back in the game with a good goal.
"You would have thought we had learned our lesson but no, we go and make even more errors for the third goal. That was that.”
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