{"id":380074,"date":"2011-04-13T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/13\/gareth-bale-reacts-to-tottenham%e2%80%99s-champions-league-exit-we%e2%80%99ve-%e2%80%98had-a-great-run%e2%80%99-must-now-focus-on-qualifying-for-next-season%e2%80%99s\/"},"modified":"2011-04-13T21:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T21:28:00","slug":"gareth-bale-reacts-to-tottenhams-champions-league-exit-weve-had-a-great-run-must-now-focus-on-qualifying-for-next-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/13\/gareth-bale-reacts-to-tottenhams-champions-league-exit-weve-had-a-great-run-must-now-focus-on-qualifying-for-next-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth Bale reacts to Tottenham\u2019s Champions League exit: We\u2019ve \u2018had a great run\u2019 &#038; must now focus on qualifying for next season\u2019s&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Fisher<\/h3>\n<h4>13 Apr 2011 22:28:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"74.143442622951\">\n<div readability=\"17.470588235294\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UEFA Champions : Gareth Bale - Sergio Ramos, Tottenham Hotspur v Real Madrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/09ce6266128699_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>UEFA Champions : Gareth Bale &#8211; Sergio Ramos, Tottenham Hotspur v Real Madrid<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"44.293313069909\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/wales\/13913\/gareth-bale\">Gareth Bale<\/a> insists that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> must look to secure their place in next season&#8217;s Champions League after their European adventure came to an end against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/124\/real-madrid\">Real Madrid<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Having lost the first leg 4-0 in the Spanish capital, Spurs faced a tall order to overturn Real&#8217;s advantages, and after a goalless first half it was made impossible as a Heurelho Gomes mistake gifted Cristiano Ronaldo the only goal of the game, as Jose Mourinho&#8217;s side progress to the semi-finals &#8211; where they will face Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>But Bale believes that despite a disappointing end to their Champions League journey, Tottenham can feel proud of their achievements in what was there debut season in Europe&#8217;s elite club competition, and target a return next year &#8211; by finishing in the top four of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t think anyone expected us to get this far and it&#8217;s been great for me on a personal level,&#8221; he told <em>ITV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew it was going to be difficult but we&#8217;ve had a great run and are proud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re only three points behind Manchester City and we\u2019ve got to play them, Chelsea and Arsenal in the run-in to finish inside the top four.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we\u2019ve got a game in hand on City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spurs had four penalty appeals turned down by the Italian referee during  the second leg, and  Bale admitted that the little bit of luck they needed just wasn\u2019t there, but conceded that the best team won over the two legs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s hard to take,\u201d he added. \u201cWe lost to a better team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes the penalty decisions go for you,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes they don&#8217;t but overall we probably lost to the better team over the two legs. <\/p>\n<p>The result leaves Spurs to focus on finishing in the top four of the Premier League, where they currently ocupy fifth spot ahead of a midweek clash with north London rivals at White Hart Lane in seven days time.<br \/><em><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/09ce6266128699_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\/2011\/04\/13\/2440165\/gareth-bale-reacts-to-tottenhams-champions-league-exit-weve\" title=\"Gareth Bale reacts to Tottenham\u2019s Champions League exit: We\u2019ve \u2018had a great run\u2019 &amp; must now focus on qualifying for next season\u2019s...\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gareth Bale reacts to Tottenham\u2019s Champions League exit: We\u2019ve \u2018had a great run\u2019 &amp; must now focus on qualifying for next season\u2019s&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Fisher 13 Apr 2011 22:28:00 UEFA Champions : Gareth Bale &#8211; Sergio Ramos, Tottenham Hotspur v Real Madrid Related Links Teams Players Gareth Bale insists that Tottenham must look to secure their place in next season&#8217;s Champions League after their European adventure came to an end against Real Madrid on Wednesday night. Having lost the first leg 4-0 in the Spanish capital, Spurs faced a tall order to overturn Real&#8217;s advantages, and after a goalless first half it was made impossible as a Heurelho Gomes mistake gifted Cristiano Ronaldo the only goal of the game, as Jose Mourinho&#8217;s side progress to the semi-finals &#8211; where they will face Barcelona<\/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-380074","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>Gareth Bale reacts to Tottenham\u2019s Champions League exit: We\u2019ve \u2018had a great run\u2019 &amp; must now focus on qualifying for next season\u2019s... - 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\/04\/13\/gareth-bale-reacts-to-tottenhams-champions-league-exit-weve-had-a-great-run-must-now-focus-on-qualifying-for-next-seasons\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gareth Bale reacts to Tottenham\u2019s Champions League exit: We\u2019ve \u2018had a great run\u2019 &amp; must now focus on qualifying for next season\u2019s... - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Fisher 13 Apr 2011 22:28:00 UEFA Champions : Gareth Bale - Sergio Ramos, Tottenham Hotspur v Real Madrid Related Links Teams Players Gareth Bale insists that Tottenham must look to secure their place in next season&#039;s Champions League after their European adventure came to an end against Real Madrid on Wednesday night. 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