A tough place to go and Spurs didn't disappoint.
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00:00So James, looking at Spurs and their recent results in the Premier League,
00:03they've turned things around.
00:04Their first sort of win since December as well.
00:07It was a torrid month, really, for them in terms of the league form in January.
00:11They ended the month, obviously, on quite a high.
00:13We'll start in February, of course, away at Brentford.
00:17A very, very tough place to go this season, especially as well.
00:20I mean, it was a scrappy game, but they made sure they got over the line.
00:24What does this sort of do for Spurs' confidence?
00:28Obviously, we've been discussing how they've been slightly looking over their shoulder
00:31at the relegation zone.
00:32Maybe that's going to be put to bed in the next couple of weeks.
00:36But this is huge for them ahead of, obviously, a big week,
00:38which we'll get into a huge week ahead for them.
00:41But just on the Brentford game, what were your thoughts coming away from that?
00:45As I mentioned, a very, very tough place to go and get a result for any team this season so far.
00:52Yes, it was a massive win.
00:53We absolutely needed it.
00:55However it came, we just needed to get over the line on the Brentford match
00:59and get three points in the bag.
01:01We were worthy winners.
01:05It was a really dogged performance, a different type of performance from Spurs.
01:09It's not a performance you often see.
01:11I think we cleared sort of 34 crosses that came into the box against them.
01:17We were excellent, really, really resolute.
01:21Showed a lot of character, a lot of spirit, a lot of fight there.
01:23We had some tired legs after playing, again, 48 hours previously on the Thursday night.
01:29And we had a little bit of quality to finish the game off when it mattered.
01:33I mean, the final goal was a really, really slick team move.
01:36Nice breakaway on the transition.
01:39And I think every player touched the ball by Jed Spence.
01:41And really, really good run from Sar, great little ball in from Son.
01:45And that really settled the nerves at the end.
01:46And I think you could see what it meant to the players come the final whistle,
01:50the sort of huddle.
01:52And Son rallying the troops as well.
01:54I mean, it just looked like it might be something that helps us turn a corner.
01:58Obviously, it sets us up massively for a huge cup competition as we'll come on to.
02:02But, you know, overall, that gives us a little bit of breathing space as well,
02:07away from the relegation place as it takes us 10 points clear.
02:10Goal difference as well gives us that swing of probably another point.
02:14So it has us looking up instead of looking over our shoulder.
02:17And, you know, why did we need it?