Ramos understands Keane anger

Tottenham coach Juande Ramos has defended Ireland striker Robbie Keane's furious reaction to being substituted on 67 minutes at the weekend in the 2-1 defeat to Man City, and Ramos refused to condemn his actions. Many feel that Ramos should have taken off Dimitar Berbatov instead.

"I don't worry about that at all," he said.

"If a player is going to get angry about something it is not for me to worry about.

"I treat everyone equally within the squad and players know they have a right to play just as much as anyone else.

"We don't give any value or importance to conversations like that.

"I make changes according to the requirements of each game, what I think are for the benefit of the team.

"From time to time you do need to give players a rest when they have played a lot of minutes themselves."