{"id":384239,"date":"2011-04-21T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/21\/tottenham-midfielder-tom-huddlestone-insists-champions-league-qualification-is-%e2%80%98still-in-our-own-hands%e2%80%99\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T14:14:00","slug":"tottenham-midfielder-tom-huddlestone-insists-champions-league-qualification-is-still-in-our-own-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/tottenham-midfielder-tom-huddlestone-insists-champions-league-qualification-is-still-in-our-own-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone insists Champions League qualification is \u2018still in our own hands\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Simon Sinclair<\/h3>\n<h4>21 Apr 2011 15:14:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"91.5059495478\">\n<div readability=\"13.5757575758\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Huddlestone (getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0c40115283_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tom Huddlestone (getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/10053\/tom-huddlestone\">Tom Huddlestone<\/a> is still eyeing a fourth place for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> despite them picking up just one win in their last six Premier League games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The midfielder believes Spurs&#8217; fate is in their own hands and they are confident of repeating last season&#8217;s feat when they beat Manchester City to secure Champions League football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFourth is still up for grabs as we\u2019ve been saying all week,&#8221; he told the club&#8217;s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We\u2019ve still got to play City and we\u2019re just two points behind so it\u2019s still in our own hands, similar to last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve got six massive games left and if we can beat City and win majority of the other ones we won\u2019t be far away.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Huddlestone also reflected on Tottenham\u2019s 3-3 derby draw with Arsenal at White Hart Lane and he feels Spurs are at their best when the game is stretched and open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said: \u201cI think we are at our best when games are open and we showed that, especially in the second half.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It took us a little while to get to grips with the first half but I thought there was only one team that was going to win it in the second, and that was us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The midfielder who scored a crucial goal just before half-time thinks Harry Redknapp\u2019s side showed great character to come from behind but believes they could have won the game if they had not made silly mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn the same game to come from behind three times against a great team like Arsenal who are pushing for the title shows great character, but I think if we can cut mistakes out and stop going behind we could be even better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt seemed every time we pulled a goal back they went and scored another one which was very disappointing but going into half time with the momentum and just one goal behind spurred us on in the second half and they were a little bit edgy in that period.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0c40115283_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/21\/2451850\/tottenham-midfielder-tom-huddlestone-insists-champions\" title=\"Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone insists Champions League qualification is \u2018still in our own hands\u2019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone insists Champions League qualification is \u2018still in our own hands\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Simon Sinclair 21 Apr 2011 15:14:00 Tom Huddlestone (getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Tom Huddlestone is still eyeing a fourth place for Tottenham despite them picking up just one win in their last six Premier League games. The midfielder believes Spurs&#8217; fate is in their own hands and they are confident of repeating last season&#8217;s feat when they beat Manchester City to secure Champions League football. \u201cFourth is still up for grabs as we\u2019ve been saying all week,&#8221; he told the club&#8217;s official website<\/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-384239","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>Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone insists Champions League qualification is \u2018still in our own hands\u2019 - 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\/21\/tottenham-midfielder-tom-huddlestone-insists-champions-league-qualification-is-still-in-our-own-hands\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone insists Champions League qualification is \u2018still in our own hands\u2019 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Simon Sinclair 21 Apr 2011 15:14:00 Tom Huddlestone (getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Tom Huddlestone is still eyeing a fourth place for Tottenham despite them picking up just one win in their last six Premier League games. 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