Redknapp remains convinced

Spurs boss preached benefits of possession at half-time

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Redknapp remains convinced

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Harry Redknapp has reiterated his belief that Tottenham can disrupt the monopoly of the Premier League's Big Four after Saturday evening's 1-1 draw at Aston Villa.

Gabriel Agbonlahor's scrambled opener early in the first half was cancelled out by Spurs' captain-for-the-day Michael Dawson with 13 minutes remaining at Villa Park.

The point was no less than Tottenham deserved after dominating Martin O'Neill's side, who have also been credited with the ability to break into the top four, and it moved the North London team third in the table.

Redknapp was pleased with the share of the spoils and remains confident that his team, along with Villa, have what it takes to break Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United's strangle hold on the league's top places.

The Spurs boss said: "Who knows what is going to happen with regards to the top four.

"Villa are going to be up there. The top two will probably be Chelsea and Manchester United, then will come Arsenal and Liverpool and then Manchester City, Villa and ourselves.

Not impossible

"One of us might break into the top four and it is not impossible for us to do it. It will be hard but we have got some very good players at this club.

"We have a lot of quality but not the sort of squad where 19 to 20-year-olds could come into the first team so it is the same group of people basically."

Redknapp was delighted with the way his team responded in the second 45 minutes, with Aaron Lennon causing more of a threat from the wing after a quiet opening half.

He said: "At half-time we talked about keeping the ball better and being more patient and we dominated play after the break.

"Things went massively in our favour possession-wise.

"In the first half it was hard for Aaron because people were marking him so closely and concentrating on stopping us from getting the ball to him.

"In the second half we told him to stay on the line more, gave him more of the ball, and he looked a threat."

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