{"id":319166,"date":"2011-03-18T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T07:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/tottenham-hotspur%e2%80%99s-michael-dawson-warns-england-gareth-bale-is-back-to-his-best\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T07:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T07:41:00","slug":"tottenham-hotspurs-michael-dawson-warns-england-gareth-bale-is-back-to-his-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/tottenham-hotspurs-michael-dawson-warns-england-gareth-bale-is-back-to-his-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s Michael Dawson warns England: Gareth Bale is back to his best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Jake Watson<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Mar 2011 07:41:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.9540636042\">\n<div readability=\"18.5225806452\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL: Michael Dawson, Tottenham (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7bf2281b120453_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL: Michael Dawson, Tottenham (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"26.2708498809\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/9517\/michael-dawson\">Michael Dawson<\/a> has warned his international team-mates that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/wales\/13913\/gareth-bale\">Gareth Bale<\/a> is back to his best after his recent injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh international is expected to face England in their Euro 2012 qualifier later this month and Dawson insists it&#8217;s difficult to subdue the threat of the winger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you stop Gareth Bale? That&#8217;s a good question.\u201d Dawson told <em>The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I am in the England squad, people will be asking me how.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very hard to stop Gaz. Sometimes he is just unstoppable. Many a team have tried this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before his back injury, he was flying. He&#8217;s back in full training now and he is certainly looking like he was before he left so hopefully we will see the best of him against West Ham and not against England a week later.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At club level, Tottenham are still in contention to finish in a Champions League spot and Dawson is desperate to once again play in Europe\u2019s top competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim is to finish fourth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each and every game is now like a cup final for us because we need to get the points on the board and hopefully we will be playing in the Champions League next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7bf2281b120453_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/18\/2399773\/tottenham-hotspurs-michael-dawson-warns-england-gareth-bale\" title=\"Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s Michael Dawson warns England: Gareth Bale is back to his best\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s Michael Dawson warns England: Gareth Bale is back to his best<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jake Watson 18 Mar 2011 07:41:00 EPL: Michael Dawson, Tottenham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Tottenham defender Michael Dawson has warned his international team-mates that Gareth Bale is back to his best after his recent injury. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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