Redknapp: Understand, No Easy Games

London – Tottenham Hotspur failed to beat lowly Wolverhampton in its own cage, so it failed to match the scoring duo of Manchester. Nothing is easy, says Harry Redknapp.

Entertaining team ranked 16th in the White Hart Lane on Saturday (14/01/2012) night, the Spurs are “rising star” clearly favored to reach the full amount. But at the end of the fight they should be satisfied with the score at 1-1.

Rafael van der Vaart et al even before kick conceded by Steven Fletcher in 22 minutes. That’s the first time in 359 minutes Spurs conceded at his own headquarters.

Captain Luka Modric goal by return to be the savior in the early minutes of the second half. Then, even though the Spurs have many chances to score again, but it did not happen.

“There are no easy matches. People have to understand that. You can not keep winning and skip every other team every week,” said Redknapp told Sky Sports after the match.

The Lilywhites remain third in the standings, but now within two points of Manchester City and Manchester United. City will play that game to-21 Monday night at home to Wigan.

“If we can finish top four, this is definitely a remarkable achievement for us. It would be terrific if Tottenham have the Champions League again,” he continued.

“That’s the goal. That’s what should we seek, namely to ensure that we can get a place in the Champions League. Other things outside of it aka be a bonus.”

Spurs will get a major test in the next game. Next week they will try out Manchester City at Etihad Stadium. The Citizens have so far always win when playing at home: 10 times played, 10 wins.

Roberto Mancini Not Guarantee Carlos Tevez

Carlos Tevez is okay last season captained football team as well as contributing the most goals for Manchester City, but that position does not excuse a Man City manager Roberto Mancini to place it as the top choice in every game. City of competition among the players now more stringent and only the player who is really fit to be played by Mancini. Man City currently has a lot of players who have better skills than Tevez. It makes Mancini has many options to determine the squad that will compete on the gridiron. Furthermore, still according to Mancini, increasingly fierce competition of the players up front, then the better for them to compete fairly in the internal club. With a solid Premier League competition, the coach has the option to rotate players to the club’s performance remained stable. Based on the record last season Carlos Tevez scored 20 goals for Man City and put the club finished third in the final standings English Premier League 2010/2011. Upon these results, Man City qualify for the European Champions League and straight into the group phase.