Tottenham Reaction: Martinez remains positive

Last updated : 26 September 2011 By Paul Farrington

Roberto Martinez

In the first-half we couldn't get close to them (Tottenham); their movement was very good and it was a shame we couldn't survive that without being punished so much.

In the second-half we imposed ourselves a lot more on the game and looked to be the side who were going to score, even with ten men.

The players who came off the bench did that and contributed to a second-half performance that was much closer to the level we're at and full of maturity.

Harry Redknapp

I had a feeling we might run out of steam. We rushed Sandro back and Rafa's still a little bit short of fitness. But it was OK in the end.

We went into the first two games without a team; I didn't have any midfield players. It's a different team altogether now.

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