​West Ham striker Antonio surprised about winner against Tottenham | OneFootball

​West Ham striker Antonio surprised about winner against Tottenham | OneFootball

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·25 October 2021

​West Ham striker Antonio surprised about winner against Tottenham

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West Ham United striker Michail Antonio admitted to his surprise at scoring against Tottenham in the Premier League.

The centre-forward notched the only goal of the game to give the Hammers all three points on Sunday.


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Antonio netted from a set-piece, where his job was to block Harry Kane, not score himself.

"To be fair, I wasn't really there to score today!" he told the club's website.

"I was kind of there just to block Harry [Kane], but the ball's come my way, and obviously being the poacher that I am, I stuck my foot out!

"I was kind of surprised, because I just got my foot there, just to get in front of him, and it's gone into the bottom corner. I was just buzzing.

"This stadium or their stadium, I just like scoring against them, to be fair! It's just one of those things where, as I go out there, I want to score goals.

"I've now got the No9 shirt and that's the job I need to do

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