Redknapp eyes final return
04 Dec 2008 - 07:51:55
Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp set his sights on the Carling Cup final after his side edged out Watford 2-1 at Vicarage Road to reach the semi-finals of the competition.
Spurs came from behind to progress thanks to goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko and Darren Bent, although Redknapp warned that his side still need to focus on Premier League survival.
He said: "We'd love to reach the final. I'm sure the players enjoyed their day, but they won the final and then couldn't win a league game.
"We've got to realise where our priorities are. League games are all important for us.
"However, you get this close and it's important to try to go all the way now. The priority is the league, then secondly this competition, because we have a genuine chance.
"Sir Alex Ferguson will sniff the chance, he'll want to win it. He won't put his youth team out."
Redknapp went on to praise both of his side's goalscorers, adding: "Darren is our regular penalty taker but he was on the bench, so Roman stepped up.
"He had just missed a good opportunity when he went through and hit the crossbar, so he showed great character to step up for the penalty.
"I told Darren to go out there and do his stuff for us. I wanted him to show for the ball, to run and hold up the ball.
"Scoring goals is most important but I want our strikers to contribute in other areas."