Spurs tie Gunners 4-4
In an extremely exciting game Tottenham tied Arsenal in their 2nd game with Redknapp in charge. “I feel like superman, I could fly home” said David Bentley. “Arsenal knocked the the ball about and they are a hard team to play against but we showed character and spirit. We showed we are a top team willing to fight for every point. I’m buzzing. You’re going to get criticized when you’re not performing and certain things have gone on but we have sorted them out and we’re going in the right direction now.”
“It was probably the best night of my career, but I felt like an emotional wreck at the end of it. We had a team meeting before the game and Clive Allen pointed out that the keeper comes off his line and sometimes right out to the edge of his box. That was still in my head early in the game. The ball sat up and I caught it perfectly. When I saw it go in, I went mad. I get so emotional and that’s why we all play football. We’ve all been criticized this season and we accept that. Against Arsenal we conceded too many easy goals. We know that and we’ll address that. But it’s nights like that, goals like that, performances like that, that make it all worthwhile. We were 4-2 down but showed character, determination, fight and kept going until the final whistle. We’ll get things right, keep progressing and keep getting better.”
Harry Redknapp also commented on the great outcome for Sours. “It’s going to be a long season, but there was a great atmosphere in that dressing room now. I thought I was David Pleat running up the touchline when we scored. I don’t usually do that. I don’t have a suit or shoes that colour, mind you. I’ve tried to make them believe in themselves. There’s ability in the squad. Bring on Liverpool. We’ll give them a good go on Saturday.”
Wenger however, was about as pissed off as he can get. And for a good reason: the young Gunner were far to lax in their end game defense. “I am angry. We have to look at ourselves and improve. The players are very down. We were two levels above Tottenham and they were there for the taking. It was damaging. On the positive side, we were really superior to Tottenham, produced the game we wanted, lots of energy in the game. The only down side is we didn’t win. That was down a little bit to a lack of maturity. I would like to keep the positives tonight because I believe we were really outstanding. We were too cautious rather than scoring number five or six. The right pass would have seen us score. The maturity problem will improve with intelligence. They will learn from their mistakes. With two minutes to go, there was no Harry Redknapp factor.”
this game was absolutely ridiculous