Carney Chukwuemeka was disappointed in last night’s 4-1 reversal at Anfield but was happy to get more minutes on the pitch as he continues his recovery from a long-term knee injury. thinking.
The 20-year-old has worked hard to get back into Mauricio Pochettino’s side, making his first appearance since August in the 1-0 win over Fulham in mid-January.
As he continues to build up his match fitness, the midfielder came on as a substitute with 25 minutes remaining against Liverpool and provided the assist for Christopher Nkunku’s brutal strike.
“It was good to get a few minutes back from a long injury,” Carney began.
“We have to keep working hard in training and personally I want to keep working towards full match fitness.
“Obviously I’m disappointed because I came here in high spirits hoping to get a result, but it wasn’t meant to be.”
Chukwuemeka feels the team still has a lot of room to grow and believes overcoming setbacks like the one against the Reds will help us progress.
“We are a young team and we are still growing together,” he added.
“I wouldn’t say it was too big of a challenge for us, but I would say we weren’t there yet. We’re growing together.
“The team is coming together now, which is good. We just have to work hard in training, build a team rather than individuals and continue to work with each other. Then we will definitely get good results.”
“We want to learn from this, continue to improve and make sure we bounce back for the next game.”