Source: Daily_Mail
Bale reveals Tottenham's spot of bother is down to not practising penalties
Gareth Bale has revealed Tottenham rarely practise taking penalties in training after a fourth spot-kick miss cost them a place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup at Bolton.[LNB]Spurs boss Harry Redknapp stripped striker Jermain Defoe of penalty duties after misses against Everton and Leeds United.[LNB]Tom Huddlestone was handed the responsibility but could no better and his shot was easily saved by Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen.[LNB] Impressive: Spurs man Gareth Bale holds off Chung Yong-Lee at Bolton[LNB]It was thought Redknapp may force his players to do extra work on what is threatening to become a costly weakness but Bale is not expecting any drastic changes on the training ground.[LNB]The 20-year-old left-sided winger said: 'We don't practise penalties really and it's disappointing we missed one but things like that happen.[LNB]'Tom was down to take it before the game and he was unlucky. Will we practise them more now? You never know.'[LNB][LNB] No joy: Tom Huddlestone's penalty is saved - Spurs' fourth miss of season[LNB]Bale has impressed for Spurs while the injured Aaron Lennon has beenout of the side - and he says the run of games has given him confidence.[LNB]'Yourconfidence grows when you get a run of games, which I'm having at themoment, so I feel a lot more confident and I think that's showing onthe pitch,' he added.[LNB] Bolton 1 Tottenham 1: Jermain Defoe cancels out Kevin Davies' strike to earn Spurs a replay Stipe Pletikosa's move to Tottenham is back on as Croatian keeper's knee improvesSPURS FC
