TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 SPORTS Spurs fans’ booing makes us want to play away: Adebayor LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur striker tute against Stoke, claims fans are mak- But now it is like going through a sad The striker says he is working hard to give them what they need to perform on Emmanuel Adebayor says negativity ing it hard for the team to perform and moment and your family not welcoming overcome his poor form and that people the pitch. Obviously I have been through from home fans has damaged the team’s the atmosphere is causing some players you home. That’s the worst thing ever should not confuse his languid playing a lot in life so I am used to it. confidence and means they might be to go missing in home matches. because you have nowhere to go. style for laziness. “It’s hard for the players. It’s not their better off playing away from White Hart “I think it might be better to play “I was on the bench against Stoke He also called for more respect from fault and it’s not the fans’ fault either Lane. The north London club endured away from home at the moment and, though I could not see everything fans after a career that has seen him play because the fans want to see a result, their fourth defeat in six home league because at least we know beforehand as clear as night, I could see that nobody for some of Europe’s biggest clubs. the fans want to see a response and games this season when they lost 2-1 to we are guaranteed to be booed because wanted the ball. Right now, to tell you “I think in football too many people things are not going our way at the Stoke City on Sunday. they want their home club to win,” the the truth, I think a lot of players when forget so quickly what you have done,” moment. We just have to fight as a team Spurs fans were quick to voice their Togo international told reporters. they put on the shirt and go out on to said Adebayor, whose former clubs and as a club to find a solution. The unhappiness during a lacklustre display, “But when you are playing at home the pitch are finding it hard in the head.” include Arsenal, Manchester City and quicker the better.” with a chorus of boos only drowned out and your own fans start booing you after Adebayor has scored twice in 12 Real Madrid. Spurs are 12th in the table with 14 by conveniently timed music blasted a few minutes then it is harder. “When appearances for Spurs this season and “So instead of booing people, which points from their opening 11 games, and from the stadium’s speakers at the final you are playing in front of your own has come in for criticism from fans and will make it even worse, I think it is visit Hull City next after the two-week whistle. Adebayor, a second-half substi- crowd you want them to support you. pundits. sometimes better to support them and international break. —Reuters Martinez says points alone no guide to Everton progress LONDON: Roberto Martinez has said ankle ligament damage that we must Everton shouldn’t be judged solely on their assess. “It (the challenge) came early in the Premier League points tally as they take game and there’s no intention to hurt him stock during the international break. whatsoever.” Martinez was less charitable, Leighton Baines’s penalty earned a 1-1 however, when it came to Gomez’s escape draw at Sunderland to leave the from censure for diving. Merseyside club in 10th place with 14 points from their first 11 games. Big calls Despite being out of the League Cup, Indeed the Everton boss felt Sunderland Everton are unbeaten in their last six should have ended the contest with nine matches and well-placed to reach the sec- men, with Connor Wickham fortunate to ond phase of the Europa League. avoid a straight red for tripping Seamus “I wouldn’t assess our season purely on Coleman in the area, although Baines did points taken in the league,” said Everton score from the ensuing spot-kick. manager Martinez after Sunday’s draw at “I was surprised Wickham didn’t get sent the Stadium of Light. off, because once you give a penalty it’s a “I think you also need to look at the con- red card,” said Martinez. “I don’t agree with sistency in our performances, both in the the rule, but that’s not the issue. It would Premier League and in Europe. We’ve got a have been a major moment in the game very strong squad, with 23 outfield players had he got a red. who can come in and contribute to the “Likewise, I don’t want to see a player team. sent off, but Gomez was caught simulating. “I feel we’ve got good competition for The referee was going to blow, but decided places and the right mentality to cope with against it. They were two big calls that the demands of domestic and European didn’t go our way.” football. This result saw Sunderland go three “We had been guilty of being a bit soft points clear of the relegation zone, Seb defensively, but we’ve ironed that out. Larsson’s free-kick helping earn a sixth BERLIN: Germany’s football national team’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (2ndL) poses with German President Joachim Gauck (L), German We’ve shown we have the ingredients of a draw of the season for the Black Cats. Chancellor Angela Merkel (2ndR) and German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere (R) after receiving the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany’s top winning team.” Sunderland boss Gus Poyet professed award for sports success, at the Schloss Bellevue Presidential Palace yesterday in Berlin. — AFP Martinez also said he was “holding his himself satisfied with a draw, but the breath” on Gareth Barry, who was taken to result was tinged with disappointing hospital with his right leg in a protective injury news, as the head coach confirmed German World Cup team cast during the first half. defender Patrick van Aanholt was set to be The Everton boss absolves his compatri- out until February following surgery on a ot Jordi Gomez of any blame. The dislocated shoulder suffered in the victory Sunderland man, booked for the 13th- at Crystal Palace. “It’s not good news on given national honor minute challenge on Barry, was fortunate Patrick, who needs an operation and is to escape a second caution for simulation going to be out for two-and-a-half before the break. months. Hopefully, we should have most BERLIN: The president of Germany has decorat- Meanwhile, Dortmund’s Reus, Sokratis out for Gladbach’s Andre Hahn in the 82nd minute of “Barry’s had an X-ray, and we’re happy to of our other injured players back training ed the World Cup-winning squad with the coun- two weeks (Releads with Reus out for two Dortmund’s first win after five straight defeats confirm it’s not the broken leg we were before the end of the international break,” try’s highest honor for sports, rewarding what he weeks) BERLIN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Borussia that saw last season’s Bundesliga runners-up worried about,” Martinez said. “There’s the Uruguayan added. —AFP called a “convincing performance that is recog- Dortmund will be without winger Marco Reus move out of bottom place. nized ungrudgingly by all its opponents.” and central defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos “The Greek is expected to be out for only two President Joachim Gauck, joined by for two weeks after the pair were injured in weeks and should be fit again for the Deila praises Celtic spirit Chancellor Angela Merkel, presented the players Sunday’s 1-0 win over Borussia Champions League game on Nov. 26 in London with the Silver Laurel Leaf in a ceremony at the Moenchengladbach, the Bundesliga club said (against Arsenal),” the club said in a statement. GLASGOW: Celtic manager Ronny Deila while dropping points domestically to head of state’s Bellevue Palace. yesterday. Germany international Reus, in sensa- He will, however, miss Greece’s Euro 2016 hailed his side’s team spirit as they came Inverness, Dundee, Motherwell and Speaking a day after the 25th anniversary of tional form this season and one of only a few qualifier against the Faroe Islands on Friday and from behind to seal a 2-1 victory away to Hamilton. the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gauck noted that bright spots in their bad domestic run this sea- the friendly against Serbia four days later. Aberdeen that sent the Hoops top of the Germany’s fourth World Cup is its first as a son, stretched ankle ligaments in the game and The absences are painful for Dortmund as Scottish Premiership for the first time this Togetherness reunited nation. West Germany won the title isexpected to return in two weeks, the club said they look to bounce back from their bad start season. However, he has now lost just once in shortly before reunification in 1990. on Twitter. and quickly climb up the table until the winter Adam Rooney fired the Dons in front in his past 14 matches and after leading his World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm, He is set to miss Germany’s Euro 2016 qualifi- break next month. the 27th minute before Stefan Johansen side to the summit of the table with a who retired from the national team after the er against Gibraltar this week as well as their Struggling Dortmund have been far more sneaked in an equaliser from a difficult match in hand the Hoops boss hopes to tournament, thanked Gauck and Merkel for their friendly against Spain on Nov.