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Tottenham Safe Now, Declares Harry Redknapp
'Harry Houdini' is very grateful that he can stop looking at the bottom of the table with apprehension...
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Apr 12, 2009 4:13:22 AM
Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp showed no small amount of relief when he declared Spurs to be free of relegation fears following their narrow victory over West Ham at the weekend.
Tottenham moved into serious contention for European qualification after securing a hard-fought 1-0 win over their London rivals on Saturday, a well taken finish by second-half substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko lifting his club up to eighth in the Premier League, three points adrift of Gianfranco Zola’s Hammers.
"There was plenty of time when I made the change and I brought [Pavlyuchenko] on because he is capable of turning a game with a little bit of something special and he did that with the goal," said Redknapp after the match.
"It has been a great effort from the players. We started with two points from eight games and to be sitting here now with 41 is a terrific achievement.
"We got there earlier than I expected to be honest. I thought it was almost going to go right down to the wire this year for us and for everybody and I think to be out of it this early is fantastic.
"People can say what they want, that Tottenham are always too good to go down, but they weren't too good to go down.
"You don't have two points from eight games if you're too good and you don't only win three games since last year's Carling Cup final if you're too good."
Redknapp added, "First and foremost I came here and I only had one thing on my mind and the chairman only had one thing and that was to try and keep this club in the Premier League.
"We were in trouble because that's how good we were. The players' attitudes have been fantastic since I've been here and they have responded and worked hard and again today it was another outstanding performance.
"It's been a long, hard season and I'm looking forward to finishing the campaign strong and getting a break in the summer."
Redknapp made sure to reserve some special praise for his Italian counterpart, who he will now be going head-to-head with for a place in the Europa league next term.
"Gianfranco has got the best out of his squad with one or two key players missing, and I thought his lads put in a shift for him today," the ex Pompey boss added.
"We had to be at our best but we deserved to win in the end."
Derek Wanner, Goal.com
Tottenham moved into serious contention for European qualification after securing a hard-fought 1-0 win over their London rivals on Saturday, a well taken finish by second-half substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko lifting his club up to eighth in the Premier League, three points adrift of Gianfranco Zola’s Hammers.
"There was plenty of time when I made the change and I brought [Pavlyuchenko] on because he is capable of turning a game with a little bit of something special and he did that with the goal," said Redknapp after the match.
"It has been a great effort from the players. We started with two points from eight games and to be sitting here now with 41 is a terrific achievement.
"We got there earlier than I expected to be honest. I thought it was almost going to go right down to the wire this year for us and for everybody and I think to be out of it this early is fantastic.
"People can say what they want, that Tottenham are always too good to go down, but they weren't too good to go down.
"You don't have two points from eight games if you're too good and you don't only win three games since last year's Carling Cup final if you're too good."
Redknapp added, "First and foremost I came here and I only had one thing on my mind and the chairman only had one thing and that was to try and keep this club in the Premier League.
"We were in trouble because that's how good we were. The players' attitudes have been fantastic since I've been here and they have responded and worked hard and again today it was another outstanding performance.
"It's been a long, hard season and I'm looking forward to finishing the campaign strong and getting a break in the summer."
Redknapp made sure to reserve some special praise for his Italian counterpart, who he will now be going head-to-head with for a place in the Europa league next term.
"Gianfranco has got the best out of his squad with one or two key players missing, and I thought his lads put in a shift for him today," the ex Pompey boss added.
"We had to be at our best but we deserved to win in the end."
Derek Wanner, Goal.com
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