Jenas gives Jol support

Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas has spoken of his support for Martin Jol. Despite grabbing a late 4-4 victory against Aston Villa on Monday, rumours of Jol's departure continue to persist.

"The manager has got us to where we are today," the midfielder told Sky Sports News.

"We have had two top-five finishes and we went quite far in the cups last year.

"We want to build on that. We know we are underachieving in the league at the minute but everyone's fully supporting him.

"We were in a similar situation last year and once the games started coming thick and fast with Europe and the cup competitions we started to keep those clean sheets and get a few wins."

He explained: "I don't think it's a matter of pressure. We're trained to deal with these situations and a lot of us have been in these situations before.

"You just have to go back to your experience and I'm sure we'll come through it."

Tottenham have conceded 16 goals this year, but Jenas does not believe the blame lies solely with the defence and has urged all of his team-mates to raise their game.

"It's not the defence, it's the team. s good as you can be going forward and scoring goals, you have to be just as good at keeping clean sheets.

"That's a team thing and it starts from the centre-forwards, through the midfield and the whole of the defence."