After a disappointing week the only thing that really counted yesterday was a win. The absence of Bale and the early departure of Aaron Lennon took away much of our flowing football and potent threat and while Sunderland offered little in the way of goal scoring chances, the 1-0 victory wasn’t one of our best.
It was a victory nevertheless and manager Harry Redknapp was delighted with the points.
“It was a tough game and we all knew it would be,” said Harry.
“We had a couple of setbacks before the game. We lost Gareth Bale with a sprained ankle then we lost Aaron Lennon early in the game when it looked like he was in good form, he had a couple of early runs, but then he tore a hamstring.
“So we had to shuffle things...