Slaven Bilic says he aims to replicate Swansea City by shutting out Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend when Mauricio Pochettino’s side visit the London Stadium.
Spurs were held to a 0-0 draw thanks to an impressive display from Swansea last weekend, and Bilic hopes his side can do the same on Saturday and continue their own impressive defensive form.
The Hammers have not conceded in three games in all competitions, and will be aiming to make it four on the bounce at the weekend.” said the Croat speaking on the club’s official website.
“Of course those results and clean sheets and four points and 3-0 against Bolton helps us, for our confidence. Every little thing helps.
“Suddenly, we’re better on the ball, more compact, we can jump more and it’s all linked. To think we have done it now, it would be completely wrong and we have to build on this and not lose the basic things.
“I watched the [Spurs] Swansea game and they deserved it. They were closing them down, they were deep when needed but occasionally pressing them and breaking their rhythm. To be fair they limited Spurs on strikes from 20 yards outside the box.
“That’s what you have to do, limit them to semi-chances. Then they had some luck that is always necessary against big teams. But that’s the pattern we have to repeat.”
