Spot-kick rage spurs on Gollini
PIERLUIGI GOLLINI admitted his penalty rage helped Tottenham overcome Wolves in the Carabao Cup.
The goalkeeper saved Leander Dendoncker’s spot- kick in the shootout, while Ruben Neves and Conor Coady also missed for the hosts, to send Spurs through to the fourth round.
Harry Kane, Sergio Reguilon and Bryan Gil scored to send Spurs through after they blew a 2- 0 lead to draw 2-2 at Molineux on Wednesday.
Gollini almost saved
Angry
“I was angry with myself,” he said. “I said, ‘I’ve got to save another one’, because if we lose because I don’t save that one, I’m going to regret it so much.
“I knew he was going there, I felt it. I was right but I couldn’t save it. I thought I had to save at least another one.”
JACK WILSHERE fears his career could be over at 29 because clubs see him as an “injury waiting to happen”.
The former Arsenal midfielder has been injury-free for more than a year but has been without a club since a spell with Bournemouth ended in May.
Wilshere, once regarded as English football’s brightest midfield talent, hit back at the “lazy perception” that he is an injuryprone player as he struggles to find a new club. Theex-Englandstaradmitshe has struggled with his mental health, urged his wife to be honest and tell him when to give up and revealed the heartbreak behind telling his ten-year-old son that he cannot find a club.
“I think it’s a perception, and I’ve had this opinion from a few clubs, ‘Great player, but an injury waiting to happen’,” said Wilshere.
“I haven’t been injured since before lockdown, and it was not a serious injury. I’ve trained every day.
Spirit
“It’s frustrating and it sort of breaks your spirit as well… especially when you’re training on your own.
“You have to run, and it’s hard and it’s boring, and then to get that answer it’s like, ‘Well why am I doing this? Why am I breaking myself every day, when I’m just getting answers like that?’
“When I was at Bournemouth I was available for every single game, so I feel like it’s a lazy answer. Give me a chance, let me prove myself to you, then show you that I’m fit.”
Wilshere, speaking on the Original Penguin X Campaign Against Living Miserably Under The Surface podcast, has been training with Italian club Como 1907, but a potential move fell through because of a post-Brexit ban on Serie B clubs signing nonEU players.
But Wilshere — who left Arsenal to join West Ham in 2018 — admits thathefindsitdifficulttocope with how his career has panned out in recent years.
“If you’d have asked me two years ago do I see myself in this position, I would’ve said no chance,” he said.
Further
“And if you go back further than that when Arsene Wenger was with Arsenal, I probably expected to still be playing for England and still playing for Arsenal. “I didn’t expect to be in this position, and there’s been times where it’s been tough mentally, especially when you have to train on your own. “You see teams go back to pre-season and you you’re stil l waiting and you’re getting nothing.
It’s tough.” Wilshere now admits that he does fear his career could be over. “Yeah 100 per