The Belgian worldwide has scored just once in his last 46 appearances for Spurs but was the man-of-the-match in Saturday’s goalless draw against Liverpool, where he was utilised as a holding midfielder. We just want games to stay in the flow we are in now. “We want to show that we can compete in Europe as well and I think we have the bench and the squad for that”.
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“Against Liverpool, there was a lot of space for me because they try to attack”.
“It is quite hard to hold down a place”. The real test however was to see what he could make the team produce on the pitch. “Maybe I could have gone somewhere else with less competition but me and Kyle are good mates, and we are both trying our best to get that position”, he added. We saw this in the Spurs game, in the first half hour, Liverpool were pressing quick and making life hard for the Spurs players, they would be forced to kick it long which usually resulted in the ball going out of play or instantly giving Liverpool possession again. They’ll play against Anderlecht for a simple lack of better options. “As soon as Tottenham came in for me, I wanted to sign”. You get a rest in between.
“The former Southampton boss said”, We need to assess tomorrow and after tomorrow we will know more.
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“I think in the past couple of years we didn’t take our chance to win the Europa League and I think we had the possibilities – especially in 2013 when we lost against Basel in the quarter-finals”, he said.
