Tottenham captain Michael Dawson praised his team\u2019s performance in their 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid on Wednesday night, but admitted \u2018it just wasn\u2019t to be\u2019 as the Spanish side knocked them out of the Champions League.<\/p>\n
The North London side put in a much improved performance from last week\u2019s 4-0 thrashing at the Bernabeu, but a second half howler from Heurelho Gomes allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to wrap up a 5-0 aggregate win. However, Dawson tried to take some positives from the game.<\/p>\n
“We gave it our all and you couldn\u2019t ask for any more from the lads,\u201d he told Sky Sports after the game.<\/p>\n
“First half hour we were well in the game and going to get the goals. Couple of penalty shouts and a goal disallowed, but it just wasn\u2019t to be.”<\/p>\n
The club\u2019s first Champions League campaign has seen them beat Inter and knock Milan out of the competition and Dawson was keen to emphasize the importance of qualifying for next season\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah without a shadow of a doubt. We went over there and it was a disappointing night last week, but we\u2019ve come here tonight, put on a good performance and the journey\u2019s over.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we\u2019ll concentrate on the Premier League and try to make sure we\u2019re in the Champions League for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a great experience and the lads are hungry for more next year, let\u2019s hope we can achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked whether or not their experiences in this year\u2019s competition would stand them in good stead for qualification for next year, Dawson admitted he was hopeful that they could make beat Manchester City to the all-important fourth Premier League spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope so. We\u2019ve been in a similar position last year as you said, we\u2019ve got a similar run-in and we\u2019ll see how it goes. But the lads will be giving it their all and hopefully we can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Harry Redknapp\u2019s side taking on City on May 10, Dawson admitted that it could come down to a play-off between the two sides to see who took fourth spot, although he stressed that they still had to perform in the mean-time.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe. The same as last year, it was all down to that game and luckily enough we came out on top and if it comes down to that hopefully we can do it again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got some important games coming up before and hopefully we can still be in there and we believe we can.\u201d
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