Source: Daily_Mail
Tottenham boss Redknapp insists Champions League is within reach
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp insists his side are still in the racefor a Champions League place despite seeing the goals dry up in recentweeks. [LNB]Liverpool and Manchester City have overtaken Spurs in the BarclaysPremier League, with Redknapp challenging his players to find thegoalscoring form they were in before Christmas.[LNB] One or two more: Harry Redknapp hopes goals will come from other players[LNB] TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC: All the latest news from across the webMARTIN SAMUEL MEETS GREAVSIE: He's England's most prolific goalscorer, but now he prefers to watching rugbyPavlyuchenko set for rare Spurs outing despite Harry Redknapp admitting rift'We have as good a chance as anyone else. We have goalscorers and you'd expect us to score,' Redknapp said. [LNB]'We just need one or two more to weigh in with a goal or two. [LNB]'Man City can't beat 10-man Stoke the other day and were lucky to get a draw. It's hard to win football matches. We're all struggling. Liverpool are clawing out results as you'd expect them to. [LNB]'We're not taking advantage of their slip-ups. Everyone is struggling to get wins. There are no easy games. Stoke, Bolton, wherever you go, there are no 'gimmes' in this division.' [LNB]Spurs face Wigan tomorrow in a repeat of the fixture earlier in the season when Redknapp's men won 9-1. [LNB]Five alive: Jermain Defoe smashed five goals against Wigan in a 9-1 victory last season[LNB]Redknapp knows all about conceding nine after his first match as a manager, in charge of Bournemouth. [LNB] He said: 'It wasn't a freak result when we lost 9-0. The team was just useless. We lost 5-0 the week after, so we did improve. [LNB]'The pitch was like an ice-skating rink - never ever playable. The only boots we had, because we were skint, were with long nylon studs. When they went for a kickabout they were all falling over. [LNB]'The Lincoln players had the new boots with the pimple studs. They were gliding around and I thought 'oh my god'. [LNB]'We were 8-0 down and we had a corner with half an hour to go. The old trainer John Kirk was shouting for our centre-backs to get up. I said "get up? What are we going to win 9-8?"[LNB]'They got the ninth with 20 minutes to go and I thought 'this could be 15".' [LNB]Redknapp has come a long way since his first match as a manager, with his finest moment coming when he won the FA Cup with Portsmouth in 2008. [LNB]Pompey have been in freefall since Redknapp's departure and their future still remains uncertain after four owners this season. [LNB]'They keep coming up with these people, saying this man's one of the richest Arabs in the world and this one's Sheikh somebody or other,' Redknapp said. [LNB]'Solomon someone or the other, sitting there eating a big hamburger with holes in his jeans. The next thing someone else comes in.' [LNB] TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC: All the latest news from across the webMARTIN SAMUEL MEETS GREAVSIE: He's England's most prolific goalscorer, but now he prefers to watching rugbyPavlyuchenko set for rare Spurs outing despite Harry Redknapp admitting rift[LNB] [LNB]
