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Attacking midfield gem Jermaine Jenas is confident we can achieve our aim of finishing in the top six of the Premiership.

Speaking after the 1-0 win, Jenas said: “We are a stronger side, we have got over a blip and are moving forward now.

“It was end to end, Reading are a top side and come to attack you.

“Reading are brilliant on the counter-attack and we were cautious about that.”

Martin Jol has told the lads to be more clinical after we got a 1-0 victory over Reading yesterday.

Jermaine Defoe and Keano were the worst culprits but we will forgive them now that we know it didn’t effect our top six aspirations.

Jol said: “We had three big chances early on and in the second half we had lots of chances to finish them off. We should have got three or four goals.

“This was a must-win game - it was a marvellous result.”

He added: “They had good chances too. They put a lot of bodies forward and took chances so credit to them.

“They are in the top eight because they are a terrific team who get a lot of men forward. They play good football. With their style it is always difficult and there is always pressure.

The SCUM GOONERS are on a downnnnnner lately and I still think we can catch them and get some CL football at White Hart Lane next season.

Another solid win in Europe to put us into the next phase as group winners.

Must say our strike force is looking good, but I was a little suprised Martin didnt rest either Berbatov or Defoe once we were in control. Dimitar has been on fire and would have hated for him to get a silly injury towards the end (Touch wood, touch anything).

Mido made a welcome return to the bench but one wonders if he is 100% otherwise he could have got at least ten - twenty minutes.

Overall I’m a happy man. Two on the trot in the Premiership (including that sublime effort against Charlton) and now group winnners.

Let see who we draw in the next phase of the UEFA but for now bring on Man City. Let’s get the three points on our travels this weekend.

Another solid win in Europe to put us into the next phase as group winners.

Must say our strike force is looking good but I was suprised Martin didnt rest either Berbatov or Defoe once we were in control. Dimitar has been on fire and would have hated for him to get a sill y injury towards the end (Touch wood, touch anything).

Mido made a welcome return to the bench but one wonders if he is 100% otherwise he could have got at least ten - twenty minutes.

Overall I’m a happy man two on the trot in the Premiership (including that sublime effort against Charlton) and now group winnners.

Let see who we draw in the next phase but for now bring on Man City. Let’s get the three points on our travels this weekend.

Paul Robinson says we should not get carried away with our encouraging cup runs and focus on getting back up that league table.

He said: “Our league form has been indifferent. We want to start picking up points and climb the table.

“We’re not a million miles away — we’re almost there — without stringing the few wins together to get up the table.

“You can’t rely on a cup run. There are three to be won but, if we don’t manage it, we’ve got to make sure we are back in Europe through the league.”

Skipper Ledley King is confident we can go all the way to lift the UEFA CUP this season.

“Being captain of the club, you realise you will get the job of lifting the trophy if we win a cup,” said King.

“It is something that I want to do in my career and with the team we have at the moment, I think we are definitely capable of winning something.”

Dimitar Berbatov was again on target in the UEFA Cup, this time against his former club Bayer Leverkusen.

The goal gave us a 1-0 win and saw us qualify for the next round of the competition.

I must say I am amazed that Berbatov is struggling to find his feet in the Premiership with his undoubted class but his European form keeps us smiling.

Boss Martin Jol was not that happy with the performance but was happy with the win.

He said: “When you have several chances and more situations where all we needed was a good final ball it is a disappointment.

“If Leverkusen had scored it would have been a disaster.

“We played as a team and played a bit better than them but you have to convert possibilities into goals.”

Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov has admitted feeling ’sick’ when he first heard that Tottenham would be facing his old club Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Cup.

Speaking ahead of the clash between the two sides, Berbatov said: “I was sick,”

“If I do score it will be strange but I’m a professional player and it doesn’t matter if they are my friends. Like usual, you raise your hands to show you have scored.

“I was happy that I was there and now I have a lot of other things to do, the game tomorrow and the games in the future with Tottenham.”

“I’m really happy to be back here (In Leverkusen) but I have a job to do - during the 90 minutes there are no friends.”

Bayer Leverkusen head Michael Skibbe has praised his former striker Dimitar Berbatov ahead of our UEFA CUP clash with the German club.

Skibbe said: “He’s one of the best strikers in the world.

“He’s got wonderful technique, is very good with his head, both feet are very fast and all the time he has an eye for players in better positions. He’s very special.”

Fiery midfielder Hossam Ghaly is confident we will win some silverware this season.

He said: “I have a good feeling for this season - I think we are going to win a trophy. We are doing really well and all the players are working from their heart.

“We are doing well in the Uefa Cup and have got some good results. I hope we can qualify and then think about the knockout stages.

“It would be a big achievement to win the Uefa Cup - it would be fantastic. Hopefully we can do that.

“It will be hard but we have beaten Chelsea in the Premiership this season and they are a very big team. We have got quality players in the squad and there’s no reason why we can’t go far.”