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Spurs' steel cheers Redknapp
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes his side have developed a mental toughness as they bid for a top four slot.
Peter Crouch got both goals in the 2-0 victory against Blackburn at Ewood Park to keep the pressure on the leaders.
Redknapp said: "It was not a pretty game but one Tottenham may have lost in the past. It was a great result for us. It was a tough match but we have collected three points and kept a clean sheet away from home. I have to be pleased with that."
He continued: "It was not free-flowing football like it was in midweek against Manchester City. However we were solid at the back and the goalkeeper did well for us."
Crouch made the breakthrough in first-half stoppage-time when he headed home following a cross from Niko Kranjcar, who chased a lost cause before delivering the ball into the box.Press Association
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Steve Bruce calls for Sunderland flops to adopt Manchester United-style mental toughness
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has warned his away-day flops that he will be “ruthless” in trying to develop a Manchester United-style mental toughness at his club.
Bruce, furious at four successive away defeats, believes his Jekyll-and-Hyde side should learn from the way his former side United put out a weakened team in the Champions League at Wolfsburg and still came away with an impressive 3-1 victory.
And Bruce insists that if his players can’t reach the sort of consistent standards that he learned during a glittering career at Old Trafford, they must at least try to emulate Peter Reid’s Sunderland side that finished seventh in the Premier League in 2000 and 2001.
During those two campaigns Reid’s side won 12 away games in the Premier League and drew nine, meaning they picked up points on their travels more than they lost.Brian McNally
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Jenson Button - Perserverence and talent pay off
Jenson's first season in Formula One was in 2000 - after years of perserverence and hard work, he won the 2009 World Drivers' Championship , while also helping Brawn GP to secure the World Constructors' Championship in its maiden season.
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Didier Drogba: Poetry on the Football Pitch
Ivorian Didier Yves Drogba Tébily, captain and all-time leading scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team has scored more goals for Chelsea than any other foreign player and is currently Chelsea's ninth highest goal scorer of all time. He epitomises the ideal centre forward - pace, power, intelligence and mental toughness. He signed his first professional contract aged 21 and moved to Chelsea for a record breaking fee of £24 million.
Away from the pitch, Drogba is known for his charity work and was appointed by the United Nations Development Programme as a Goodwill Ambassador in 2007. He has three children with his Malian wife, Alla.
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Composure!
Wordia definition....
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Winning Psychology
Ever wondered what it takes to be a winner? Check out our new feature web site being developed at WINNING PSYCHOLOGY where we look at what psychological attributes winners possess.
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