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Willian laments disappointing defeat and prepares to fight for top four
02 Jul 2020
His goals and the milestones that accompanied them were of no consolation
to Willian, who was as frustrated as anyone not to leave the London
Stadium with at least a point.
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The Brazilian had fired us ahead shortly before the interval with his
second successful spot-kick in as many league games, but we were unable to
hold onto that advantage for long. Tomas Soucek, who himself was denied
the opener by a VAR decision, headed the Hammers level on the stroke of
half-time.
Michael Antonio then completed the turnaround before Willian's second goal
of the night, an inch-perfect free-kick that has been a trademark of his
in the past seven years. It was our no.10's 10th goal of the season, and
moved him into the top 10 of our all-time Premier League goalscorers with
36 goals.
But Andriy Yarmolenko's 90th-minute breakaway effort condemned us to
defeat, and with it a chance to leap above Leicester.
'It's very disappointing,' lamented Willian. 'The plan was to win the
game and we missed a chance to go third. At least we have a game on
Saturday to win at home. It's not a time to complain. We have to win on
Saturday.
'We have to play every game as a final, and fight to get into the
Champions League places.
'We deserve to finish in the top four. Sometimes we have gone up and
down, but I think we deserve to be there and we have to keep that
position.'
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Willian scores from the spot, making Premier League history in the process
Today's goals, along with that penalty against West Ham, means Willian is
the first player to score a goal in every month of the year.
'I didn't know about that! I'm happy with the goals, but when we've lost
it's a bit difficult. I feel very disappointed. Now it's time to rest
well, recover well, and fight for the three points on Saturday.'