{"id":338650,"date":"2011-03-25T18:52:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T18:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T18:52:59","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T18:52:59","slug":"luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City &#038; Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div> Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric insists that the North London team are superior to that of top four rivals Manchester City, but admits that finishing in a Champions League place for the second season in a row will still be a difficult task.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, Spurs are on 49 points, four points adrift of fourth place City with a game in hand. The teams were neck-and-neck coming into last season&#8217;s conclusion, with Harry Redknapp&#8217;s team pipping Roberto Mancini&#8217;s side to Champions League football with 1-0 win over City in their penultimate match, but the Croatian playmaker believes such event will be hard to emulate this time round.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky Sports News on international duty, Modric said: &#8220;It is going to be tougher than last year but I think we have a lot of quality in the team and can do it again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is going to be hard but I think we are better than them and we still have one game against them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that game will again be decisive for who finishes fourth and fifth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, before Spurs can fight for their place amongst Europe&#8217;s top clubs next season, there is the significant matter of this campaign&#8217;s second north London derby against old foes Arsenal on April 20 and the 25-year-old is looking forward to a possible double after beating the Gunners on their own turf.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;It is the best game to play in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have already beaten them at home and I don&#8217;t see any reason why we cannot beat them again, especially in front of our fans where we are playing really well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is going to be a good game for us and for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201103\/147858.php\" title=\"Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City &amp; Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City &amp; Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric insists that the North London team are superior to that of top four rivals Manchester City, but admits that finishing in a Champions League place for the second season in a row will still be a difficult task. As it stands, Spurs are on 49 points, four points adrift of fourth place City with a game in hand. The teams were neck-and-neck coming into last season&#8217;s conclusion, with Harry Redknapp&#8217;s team pipping Roberto Mancini&#8217;s side to Champions League football with 1-0 win over City in their penultimate match, but the Croatian playmaker believes such event will be hard to emulate this time round. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-338650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City &amp; Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City &amp; Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric insists that the North London team are superior to that of top four rivals Manchester City, but admits that finishing in a Champions League place for the second season in a row will still be a difficult task. As it stands, Spurs are on 49 points, four points adrift of fourth place City with a game in hand. The teams were neck-and-neck coming into last season&#039;s conclusion, with Harry Redknapp&#039;s team pipping Roberto Mancini&#039;s side to Champions League football with 1-0 win over City in their penultimate match, but the Croatian playmaker believes such event will be hard to emulate this time round.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City &#038; Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-25T18:52:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/\"},\"wordCount\":323,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/\",\"name\":\"Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City & Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-25T18:52:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City & Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City & Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric insists that the North London team are superior to that of top four rivals Manchester City, but admits that finishing in a Champions League place for the second season in a row will still be a difficult task. As it stands, Spurs are on 49 points, four points adrift of fourth place City with a game in hand. The teams were neck-and-neck coming into last season's conclusion, with Harry Redknapp's team pipping Roberto Mancini's side to Champions League football with 1-0 win over City in their penultimate match, but the Croatian playmaker believes such event will be hard to emulate this time round.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City &#038; Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot","datePublished":"2011-03-25T18:52:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/"},"wordCount":323,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg","articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/","name":"Luka Modric: Hotspurs Are Better Than Man City & Game Between Us Will Decide CL Spot - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg","datePublished":"2011-03-25T18:52:59+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/luka-modric-hotspurs-are-better-than-man-city-game-between-us-will-decide-cl-spot\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1512-150x90.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}