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.Spurs boss Harry Redknapp stripped striker Jermain Defoe of penalty duties after misses against Everton and Leeds United.Tom Huddlestone was handed the responsibility but could no better and his shot was easily saved by Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen. Impressive: Spurs man Gareth Bale holds off Chung Yong-Lee at BoltonIt 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.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.'Tom was down to take it before the game and he was unlucky. Will we practise them more now? You never know.' No joy: Tom Huddlestone's penalty is saved - Spurs' fourth miss of seasonBale 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.'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. 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

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