{"id":342630,"date":"2011-03-27T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/27\/defender-martin-skrtel-confident-liverpool-can-land-fifth-place-in-premier-league-ahead-of-tottenham\/"},"modified":"2011-03-27T18:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T18:05:00","slug":"defender-martin-skrtel-confident-liverpool-can-land-fifth-place-in-premier-league-ahead-of-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/27\/defender-martin-skrtel-confident-liverpool-can-land-fifth-place-in-premier-league-ahead-of-tottenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Defender Martin Skrtel confident Liverpool can land fifth place in Premier League ahead of Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Laurie Bonne<\/h3>\n<h4>27 Mar 2011 19:05:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.601131071191\">\n<div readability=\"16.847368421053\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL: Martin Skrtel , Tottenham  vs Liverpool(Getty Images) \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4ae2a9b3117790_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL: Martin Skrtel , Tottenham  vs Liverpool(Getty Images) <\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"29.291158536585\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/slovakia\/5471\/martin-skrtel\">Martin Skrtel<\/a> is adamant the Reds can overtake <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> and land fifth place in the Premier League come May.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Dalglish\u2019s side won 2-0 against Sunderland in the last round of league matches as Spurs had to share a point with West Ham in a goalless draw at White Hart Lane.<\/p>\n<p>But it will still be an uphill struggle for the Merseyside club since Harry Redknapp\u2019s side have a game in hand and Liverpool trail them by four points.<\/p>\n<p>However, Skrtel insists that the outcome of Tottenham\u2019s upcoming games will be decisive as they take on Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tottenham dropped two precious points and I am happy that we are closing the gap on them,&#8221; he told the club&#8217;s<em> official website.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool were awarded a controversial penalty in the 33rd minute of the Sunderland game when Jay Spearing was tackled right outside the box but fell inside it.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds defender, however, was insistent that they deserved the win despite the lucky penalty.<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>&#8220;I guess we fully deserved this result. We were the better team and we were dominant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a controversial penalty for some but this is football. They didn&#8217;t have a clear chance so it is a fair result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_559.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/27\/2413947\/defender-martin-skrtel-confident-liverpool-can-land-fifth\" title=\"Defender Martin Skrtel confident Liverpool can land fifth place in Premier League ahead of Tottenham\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defender Martin Skrtel confident Liverpool can land fifth place in Premier League ahead of Tottenham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Laurie Bonne 27 Mar 2011 19:05:00 EPL: Martin Skrtel , Tottenham vs Liverpool(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel is adamant the Reds can overtake Tottenham and land fifth place in the Premier League come May. Kenny Dalglish\u2019s side won 2-0 against Sunderland in the last round of league matches as Spurs had to share a point with West Ham in a goalless draw at White Hart Lane. But it will still be an uphill struggle for the Merseyside club since Harry Redknapp\u2019s side have a game in hand and Liverpool trail them by four points<\/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-342630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Defender Martin Skrtel confident Liverpool can land fifth place in Premier League ahead of Tottenham - 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\/27\/defender-martin-skrtel-confident-liverpool-can-land-fifth-place-in-premier-league-ahead-of-tottenham\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Defender Martin Skrtel confident Liverpool can land fifth place in Premier League ahead of Tottenham - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Laurie Bonne 27 Mar 2011 19:05:00 EPL: Martin Skrtel , Tottenham vs Liverpool(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel is adamant the Reds can overtake Tottenham and land fifth place in the Premier League come May. 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