{"id":1110646,"date":"2019-10-14T10:25:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T09:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1110646"},"modified":"2019-10-14T10:27:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T09:27:17","slug":"redknapp-backs-pochettino-third-place","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/redknapp-backs-pochettino-third-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Redknapp backs Mauricio Pochettino to weather Spurs storm and finish third"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Harry Redknapp has backed Tottenham and their embattled manager Mauricio Pochettino to finish third in the Premier League this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spurs are presently enduring a difficult start to the 2019\/20 campaign with a recent 3-0 defeat at Brighton &amp; Hove Albion leaving them with just one victory from their last six games in all competitions.<\/p>\n<h2>Spurs&#8217; recent struggles: Five key things to know\u2026<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Spurs have endured a tough start to their 2019\/20 campaign.<\/li>\n<li>Pochettino&#8217;s men have won just three of their opening 11 matches in all competitions.<\/li>\n<li>Bayern Munich recently left north London with a 7-2 win in the Champions League, never before had Spurs conceded that amount at home.<\/li>\n<li>Pochettino has come under severe pressure, with widespread suggestions that his project is nearing an end.<\/li>\n<li>However, Redknapp is backing Spurs to rediscover their form and finish the season strongly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7392697<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the bigger picture, Spurs have claimed three wins from 11 matches, which included a humbling 7-2 loss in the Champions League to Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>This moment, coupled with elimination from the League Cup to fourth division outfit Colchester United, has increased the pressure on Pochettino&#8217;s shoulders, despite the fact he guided the Lilywhites to their first Champions League final last season.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of a disharmonious dressing room have been dismissed from within, though they haven&#8217;t gone away. Redknapp, who famously brought Champions League football to Spurs during his reign, is adamant their squad is not inferior to the league&#8217;s top two teams.<\/p>\n<p>The former boss is confident Spurs will soon return to form and finish in third, which is the position currently occupied by neighbours and fierce rivals Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hashtag United: So Far, So Good... Squawka Mini-Doc Episode Two\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kOhRxkkFpRQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the start of the year I really thought Spurs would push Man City and Liverpool a lot, lot closer,&#8221; he told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7566119\/Harry-Redknapp-Tottenham-wont-sack-Mauricio-Pochettino-squad-good-Liverpool-City.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tottenham have got a great team, with Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Son \u2013 I thought this could be their year. But it\u2019s been a disappointing start for them for sure and they need to turn it around quickly, but I still think they\u2019ll finish third.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019ve got the best stadium in the country, the best training ground. It&#8217;s all in place. They\u2019ve got a great group of players. It\u2019s some squad, if you go through it, I don&#8217;t care what anybody says I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a lot between that squad and Liverpool\u2019s and Man City\u2019s squad, I really don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He [Pochettino] has got the good players but at the moment there&#8217;s been hiccups \u2013 one of two of them are not playing to their real potential or as good as they can.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Redknapp has backed Tottenham and their embattled manager Mauricio Pochettino to finish third in the Premier League this season. 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