Alli on the disappointment of not beating West Brom

Daniel Storey

Dele Alli has urged Tottenham to be more clinical after he earned a late point at West Brom.

The midfielder struck in the 89th minute on Saturday as Spurs drew 1-1 at The Hawthorns and missed the chance to go top of the Premier League.

Former team-mate Nacer Chadli scored with eight minutes left in his first game against Spurs since leaving White Hart Lane for £13million in the summer.

Alli was twice denied by Baggies keeper Ben Foster, who also saved from Ben Davies and Christian Eriksen, and after dominating the first half, Alli admitted Tottenham needed to be better.

He said: “When you are dominating a team that much you can lose focus at certain moments, they had a couple of chances and put one away. It was a good performance but we have to make sure we win those games.

“You have to have faith in yourself, keep believing and sticking to the game plan and hope when the chance does come, one of you will put it away. I got a goal and more importantly we’re still unbeaten.

“We didn’t stop until the final whistle and even after the goal we we were looking to get another straight away, no matter what time it is we keep fighting and working for each other.

“It’s a hard place to come, they really do work together, but we felt we should have won.”