Source: SKY_Sports
Zola - We need to mature
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Gianfranco Zola has challenged his side to grow in maturity as they let a lead slip against ten men for the second time this season.[LNB] West Ham drew 2-2 with Sunderland on Saturday, but led 2-1 when Black Cats striker Kenwyne Jones saw red in first-half stoppage time.[LNB]The home side re-emerged for the second period in rampant fashion and looked more like the side with a man extra as they levelled up the score through Kieran Richardson in the 76th minute.[LNB]Earlier in the season, The Hammers let a 1-0 lead slip at home to ten-man Fulham and ended up with a point in a 2-2 draw, and Zola insists his players must learn to cope with the situation for future reference.[LNB]"It's encouraging the way we came forward but we have to become a little bit more mature because it's situations like that we have to control," Zola told Sky Sports.[LNB]No explanation"I'm trying to find an explanation because we were in total control of the game and we let them come back into the game.[LNB]"I can't understand really. I'm upset because we are in a position in which, for the way we play, sometimes is unbelievable.[LNB]"But if you play the first-half like that and then you play the second-half with some problems if has to be solved because I can't live with that.[LNB]"I'm really, really, upset."[LNB]West Ham finished the game with ten men themselves as Radoslav Kovac received a second yellow card three minutes from time, a decision which Zola did not agree with.[LNB]"It wasn't a sending off because Kovac didn't even see Bent. Kovac was kicking the ball and Darren Bent came from behind, he took the ball, and he (Kovac) kicked him.[LNB]He added: "But he didn't even see him. So I don't know, I've got a few things I could say about that."[LNB]
