Gareth Bale Hails Tottenham’s Character Ahead Of Real Madrid Clash

Gareth Bale has hailed Tottenham’s character after Saturday’s win against Stoke, and says he hopes it means their luck is changing for the better.

Spurs won 3-2 to take their first win in five league games and with the second-leg of the quarter-final against Real Madrid on the horizon, the Welshman is in confident mood ahead of the tie.

“It was a massive three points,” Bale told the club’s official website. “We’ve had a hard time recently not getting the wins, perhaps drawing too many games and not getting that bit of luck but we showed our true class on Saturday.

“It was hard in Madrid and being down to 10 men made it a bit of an unrealistic scenario, but we showed our character once again this season and got ourselves the three points that push us closer to fourth.”

Things are also going well on a personal note for Bale, with the 21-year-old nominated for both the PFA Young Player and Players’ Player of the Year awards for the 2010-11 season.

“It’s nice to be nominated, especially by your fellow professionals,” he said. “Hopefully I can grab an award and it will be an amazing thing.”