{"id":407752,"date":"2011-04-29T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/tottenham-manager-harry-redknapp-concedes-pole-position-to-manchester-city-in-race-for-champions-league-but-refuses-to-give-up\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:30:00","slug":"tottenham-manager-harry-redknapp-concedes-pole-position-to-manchester-city-in-race-for-champions-league-but-refuses-to-give-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/tottenham-manager-harry-redknapp-concedes-pole-position-to-manchester-city-in-race-for-champions-league-but-refuses-to-give-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp concedes &#8216;pole position&#8217; to Manchester City in race for Champions League but refuses to give up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>29 Apr 2011 14:30:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"72.1918684331\">\n<div readability=\"14.4587628866\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Harry Redknapp, manager of Tottenham Hotspur\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ee8fa89f129588_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harry Redknapp, manager of Tottenham Hotspur<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"41.7542918455\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham-hotspur\">Tottenham<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/13420\/harry-redknapp\">Harry Redknapp<\/a> has conceded that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> have \u2018pole position\u2019 in the race for fourth place and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\">Champions League<\/a> qualification.<\/p>\n<p>A string of disappointing results, which continued with the 2-2 home draw with West Brom last Saturday, has left Spurs four points behind City, yet Redknapp has not given up hope of catching Roberto Mancini\u2019s men.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Friday\u2019s press conference, he said: \u201cIt\u2019s all to play for still. Man City have got pole position now with us dropping a couple of points last Saturday and them winning at Blackburn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019ve got to be positive and try to win as many of our games as we can and see where we finish up. It can be done but we need to pick up some big points in some tough games away from home now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had six games where we\u2019ve won one and drawn five. We\u2019ve played well in the games but we\u2019ve just not got the results and that\u2019s hurt us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that\u2019s the way its been all season. Everybody has tossed points away, everybody has had blips at the top of the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redknapp\u2019s side face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in Saturday\u2019s evening kick-off, an unenviable<br \/>task with the Blues in a rich vein of form and Spurs faced with a mounting injury list.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Chelsea\u2019s recent performances, Redknapp said: \u201cThey\u2019re in good form, they\u2019re playing well. They\u2019ve got good players and they\u2019re a strong football team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re a team that I think most of us fancied at the start to probably win the Premier League, and they\u2019re there every year because they\u2019ve got fantastic players who have been there, done it \u2013 they\u2019re winners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you go to Chelsea knowing it\u2019s going to be a difficult game, but we\u2019re a good side as well. We\u2019ve had some great matches with Chelsea in the time I\u2019ve been here, so hopefully this will be another big game for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_197.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/29\/2463575\/tottenham-manager-harry-redknapp-concedes-pole-position-to\" title=\"Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp concedes 'pole position' to Manchester City in race for Champions League but refuses to give up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp concedes &#8216;pole position&#8217; to Manchester City in race for Champions League but refuses to give up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 29 Apr 2011 14:30:00 Harry Redknapp, manager of Tottenham Hotspur Related Links Teams Players Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has conceded that Manchester City have \u2018pole position\u2019 in the race for fourth place and Champions League qualification. A string of disappointing results, which continued with the 2-2 home draw with West Brom last Saturday, has left Spurs four points behind City, yet Redknapp has not given up hope of catching Roberto Mancini\u2019s men. Speaking at Friday\u2019s press conference, he said: \u201cIt\u2019s all to play for still. <\/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-407752","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>Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp concedes &#039;pole position&#039; to Manchester City in race for Champions League but refuses to give up - 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\/29\/tottenham-manager-harry-redknapp-concedes-pole-position-to-manchester-city-in-race-for-champions-league-but-refuses-to-give-up\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp concedes &#039;pole position&#039; to Manchester City in race for Champions League but refuses to give up - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 29 Apr 2011 14:30:00 Harry Redknapp, manager of Tottenham Hotspur Related Links Teams Players Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has conceded that Manchester City have \u2018pole position\u2019 in the race for fourth place and Champions League qualification. 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