Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has backed David Bentley to prove his critics wrong in Saturday's north London derby against Arsenal.
Bentley returned from injury with a fine performance against Everton in the Carling Cup, and Redknapp looks set to hand the midfielder his first Premier League start of the season at The Emirates.
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"Plenty of questions have been asked about
Bentley but he gave some of the answers against Everton and I'm hoping
there will be more answers in tomorrow's North London derby at
Arsenal," Redknapp told The Sun.
"There's no doubt
Bentley has balls - plenty of 'em - and his performance during our 2-0
Carling Cup win on Tuesday night was worth its weight in gold.
"What
Tottenham need now is more of the same from Bentley and I can't think
of a better place for him to do it than at one of his former clubs.
"It's
not been easy for David of late. There was his well-publicised brush
with the law on a motoring offence and, by his own admission, he's not
been pushing Aaron Lennon hard enough for the right-wing position -
until Tuesday night that is."
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Source: DSG