Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: Tottenham boss Martin Jol insisted Arsenal's controversial penalties were not to blame for the defeat and admitted his side had missed a chance to capitalise on Arsenal's recent woes. Jol told reporters: "You can talk about the decisions and they probably did cost us goals, but I would be embarrassed to talk about them too much.

blame