Spurs won’t slack off against Manchester City. It’s not in a footballer’s nature | Jamie Redknapp

Spurs won’t slack off against Manchester City. It’s not in a footballer’s nature | Jamie Redknapp

14-May-2024 07:00:29 | The Guardian

It may pain fans to help Arsenal, but my experience with Liverpool in 1995 tells me the players’ instincts will prevail

We’d heard it the whole week, just non-stop reminders. You went to the garage to fill up your car, to the shop for a newspaper, to the supermarket and someone would say: “We don’t want Man United to win the league. We’re Blackburn fans this weekend.” And there were no smiles when they said it, either.

It was the climax to the 1994-95 season, I was playing for Liverpool and we had Blackburn at Anfield on the final day. They were in a title battle with Manchester United, two points ahead of them with a worse goal difference and United were going to West Ham, who were managed by my dad.

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