{"id":392404,"date":"2011-04-23T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/23\/west-brom-manager-roy-hodgson-refuses-to-believe-baggies-have-secured-premier-league-status-with-40-points\/"},"modified":"2011-04-23T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T17:35:00","slug":"west-brom-manager-roy-hodgson-refuses-to-believe-baggies-have-secured-premier-league-status-with-40-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/23\/west-brom-manager-roy-hodgson-refuses-to-believe-baggies-have-secured-premier-league-status-with-40-points\/","title":{"rendered":"West Brom manager Roy Hodgson refuses to believe Baggies have secured Premier League status with 40 points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>23 Apr 2011 18:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"71.7072301426\">\n<div readability=\"15.868852459\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roy Hodgson, West Bromwich Albion (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2f71124433_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Roy Hodgson, West Bromwich Albion (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"40.2824381412\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/112\/west-bromwich\">West Brom<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/19298\/roy-hodgson\">Roy Hodgson<\/a> has refused to declare his side have secured safety just yet, but admitted Saturday\u2019s 2-2 draw away to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> took them a vital step closer to retaining their Premier League status.<\/p>\n<p>Hodgson saw his side take an early lead through Peter Odemwingie at White Hart Lane, before two 20-yard strikes from Pavlyuchenko and Defoe either side of half-time looked to have secured all three points for Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>Yet a sublime 80th-minute strike from substitute Simon Cox ensured the Baggies came away with a point which moves them to 12th place in the Premier League table with 40 points, leaving them six points clear of the relegation zone with just four games left to play.<\/p>\n<p>Asked after the game if he was relieved to have reached the 40-point barrier, Hodgson told <em>Sky Sports News<\/em>: \u201cI\u2019m relieved and pleased we did after a gritty performance against a very good team away from home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wish teams below us had less points so we could relax, maybe 40 points won\u2019t be enough, but I\u2019m a lot happier with 40 than 39 put it that way, and once again teams around us draw or lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Liverpool boss also reserved praise for Tottenham, who had looked threatening throughout, but insisted his side deserved the point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must pay tribute to Spurs&#8217; attacking flair, they have some incredible attacking players and use the width well on the pitch,\u201d Hodgson added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got back to 2-2 and then see Crouch and Lennon come on, but I thought we showed resilience and our centre-backs were outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the run of things, even though they had more of the ball, we don\u2019t need to apologise for taking a point here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><em>Follow the Premier League <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on Goal.com:<br \/>Commentaries, Stats, Player Ratings and much more,<br \/>Visit Goal.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/live-scores\/fixtures?tab=all\">Live Scores<\/a>!<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2f71124433_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/23\/2454964\/west-brom-manager-roy-hodgson-refuses-to-believe-baggies\" title=\"West Brom manager Roy Hodgson refuses to believe Baggies have secured Premier League status with 40 points\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Brom manager Roy Hodgson refuses to believe Baggies have secured Premier League status with 40 points<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 23 Apr 2011 18:35:00 Roy Hodgson, West Bromwich Albion (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players West Brom manager Roy Hodgson has refused to declare his side have secured safety just yet, but admitted Saturday\u2019s 2-2 draw away to Tottenham took them a vital step closer to retaining their Premier League status. Hodgson saw his side take an early lead through Peter Odemwingie at White Hart Lane, before two 20-yard strikes from Pavlyuchenko and Defoe either side of half-time looked to have secured all three points for Spurs. Yet a sublime 80th-minute strike from substitute Simon Cox ensured the Baggies came away with a point which moves them to 12th place in the Premier League table with 40 points, leaving them six points clear of the relegation zone with just four games left to play. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Brom manager Roy Hodgson refuses to believe Baggies have secured Premier League status with 40 points - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/23\/west-brom-manager-roy-hodgson-refuses-to-believe-baggies-have-secured-premier-league-status-with-40-points\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"West Brom manager Roy Hodgson refuses to believe Baggies have secured Premier League status with 40 points - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 23 Apr 2011 18:35:00 Roy Hodgson, West Bromwich Albion (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players West Brom manager Roy Hodgson has refused to declare his side have secured safety just yet, but admitted Saturday\u2019s 2-2 draw away to Tottenham took them a vital step closer to retaining their Premier League status. 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