Ramos stands up for Cerny
15 Feb 2008 - 07:56:26
Tottenham Hotspur manager Juande Ramos backed goalkeeper Radek Cerny following his howler in Spurs' 2-1 UEFA Cup victory away to his former club, Slavia Prague.
Cerny dropped a high cross from David Hubacek to allow David Strihavka to get Slavia back into the round of 32 tie, after Spurs had led 2-0 thanks to goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane.
Ramos commented afterwards: "The mistakes can always happen, that is the world of football. This time it was the turn of Cerny.
"It's quite possible that he seemed really nervous after the goal, more than normal. It must be very difficult for him to be at his home ground to play against his former club.
"I think we really controlled the play in the first hour, but we became quite nervous and could have achieved a better result.
"We allowed Slavia to react and find a way back and now we have a tough second leg to play. The match lasts 90 minutes and we have to take it like that.
"We have to accept it. We could have achieved a better result, a more definite win, but we can't change it."
