Spurs forward Bent slams Poyet

Tottenham striker Darren Bent slammed former assistant coach Gus Poyet, after the Uruguayan announced that Bent and Russian forward Roman Pavlyuchenko were incapable of playing together.

As the pair showed in the 2-1 victory over Liverpool at White Hart Lane on Saturday evening, this is far from true.

"It was said that me and Roman couldn't play together but against Liverpool I set him up for the winner," he said.

"It was bit of a silly thing to say considering they went and bought him when I was already here.

"We will keep working on things in training, keep trying to improve and win games. It was frustrating that we weren't being played together.

"Roman's English is getting better. My Russian is poor, but his English is getting better all the time and it's starting to work.

"With time, the partnership will blossom. We haven't really done a lot of work on it. Harry has made us play together against Liverpool and it paid off.

"Harry has put us together in training. I think ideally Harry wants to play 4-4-2, so if he can get us two working together, it can only help the team."

Bent praises Redknapp

Darren Bent then reserved special praise for new boss Harry Redknapp: 'Everyone was down but since Harry has come in everyone has had a new lease of life. That has shown in the performances.

'It wasn't nice before. Ramos came in and banished a lot of players to the reserves because he didn't want them.

'But Harry has made everyone feel welcome and that's the respect you've got to show people.

'If you show them that respect, they will do what we've done on the pitch and get results."