Tottenham captain Ledley King has urged his team not to get too carried away by their Premier League title challenge.
Football betting pundits note how Spurs dropped points at home to Wolves at the weekend, but they are still well in the mix for 1st position, with a massive match against current league leaders Manchester City on Sunday.
King – who has been in and out of the team this year because of injury – admits that Tottenham have surprised a few people this year with their form, but wants to take one game at a time.
The former England international said: “We’re in a great position at the moment and have probably surprised a few people. At this stage of the season, to be talked about as still capable of winning the title is great for us.”
“We’re not getting too carried away at the moment, though. We’re just getting our heads down and grinding out results.”
“We look at the league table and we can see we’re in amongst it. That’s new to us and maybe people would expect us to fall away in the second half of the season but, as players, we believe in our ability and we believe we can keep getting results.”
“We’ve been in great form. We’ve lost just one in the last 19 and that’s great form. If we keep it up then we’re in with a chance.”
As mentioned, the next challenge for King and Spurs is a trip to Manchester City on Sunday. This really is a massive game. Victory would put them to within a point of City, while defeat would see them eight points away from the top of the table.
Even considering Tottenham’s excellent form, this would be a significant gap to make up. You can’t help feeling that if Harry Redknapp’s men are to challenge for the title this year, they need to get something this weekend.
Otherwise, they are relying on City and Manchester United losing two or three games.
Regardless though, a top three finish would be an excellent achievement, so Tottenham should keep a close eye on the gap between themselves and Chelsea too.
Elsewhere in Tottenham news, Jermaine Defoe has played down reports that he could be on his way out of White Hart Lane.
The England striker said: “At the end of the day it’s not a case of me saying I want to go here, I’m not playing, I want to leave the club.”
“I’ve been here six years, I’ve never said that once. I think the fans know that.”
“It’s just a case of me playing. I could understand if I was 19, 20 and I had time on my hands but I’m 29 now and, like I’ve always said, all I want to do is play football. It’s as simple as that.”
This is perfectly understandable of course, although many expect him to stay Tottenham beyond January, perhaps scoring the goals to help maintain a title challenge.
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Well Said King! Let’s put our heads down and keep these title talks out of the door, if we focus hard i don’t see why we cannot beat man city…COYS!
P.S: Will Ledley play?
One game at a time. Must not lose on Sunday.
King is right to look behind and not in front because Arsenal Liverpool and Chelsea will be waiting if we slip up and we have a few games where the Wolves affect will come into play. I forecast how Wolves would play and also said if they score first we will struggle to get a win and in these games you need the officials to give you help when you go behind and we got none and drawn. This is the problem now Sudenlyplaying with hyperactive Oniel there new manager are waiting with Everton Desperate s Bolton suicide Wigan we cant go down death row Keen Blackburn Aston Villa Keane Liverpool express and City we can run a lot with Kolo wife’s slimmers. All these will be hard to beat City and Liverpool are not bad teams but in my area extra running is all the go and i have told you all if we don’t wise up it will ruin what we have achieved. The best thing we can sign is not a players but a bloody good conditioner too make sure we don’t tire in the final furlong just like City Liverpool Chelsea Arsenal Utd have done even Scholes looks razor sharp after 8 months away.