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Tottenham manager slams ‘unfair’ Capital One Cup tie

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Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has claimed his side’s clash against Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup is totally unfair on his side.

The two Premier League outfits will go head-to-head tonight in the cup, but for Boas and co., they have only had one day to rest after they played Cardiff City on Sunday in the Premier League.

As for Villa, they have had an extra day off as they played on Saturday.

It was first planned to take place on Wednesday, so that it is fair on both side’s, however with both Birmingham and West Bromwich Albion playing at home that night, police restrictions didn’t allow a third game to be played in the area.

Speaking ahead of the game, the Spurs boss admitted that the game was unfair for his team.

“This is an impossible game for us to play, but hopefully our team spirit and motivation can get us through,” he said.

“It (the Capital One Cup) is not our absolute number-one priority but I don’t think we have been given a fair chance to play in this competition this year.

“It could be possible for the players who played against Cardiff to play this game, but I am not sure I want to risk the players who played getting a hamstring injury which could take them six weeks to recover from when the Premier League is more important.

“This team has not experienced having to play again after just two days and we have not been given the same chance as the other teams. So we will have to rotate our squad as the players who played in Cardiff will not be involved.

“We are struggling a little bit with injuries but we have great strength in depth, although it is not going to be easy.”

“It is difficult, the ideal situation for us would have been to play Wednesday,” he said. “I understand the situation for the police with a number of matches being played in Birmingham, but we do not have the same chance as other teams.

“Villa will not have to do the same (in terms of squad rotation) as they played on Saturday, so they have had an extra day of recovery.”

Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt

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