Andy's Tuesday tips - Tottenham will draw
Tottenham and Manchester United are the first two Premier League sides involved in the Champions League this week. Here's how Andy Gray sees their final group games going...
FC Twente v Tottenham
For me, Spurs have been the most impressive of the English teams in this year's Champions League, but they may just come up short in their attempts to win Group A - purely because their fixture is so much harder than Inter Milan's.
I think Inter will beat Werder Bremen, and therefore Spurs have to go to Twente, be positive and try to win the game - because one point is not going to be enough. Werder have been really poor, they were shocking at Spurs and this looks like being another Champions League defeat for them at home to the champions.
But Spurs have a tough task in Holland. Twente are not experienced Champions League campaigners but neither are Tottenham. I expect the hosts to be up for it and I'm sorry to say that I see this one finishing all square. That would be a shame for Spurs as they probably deserve to avoid a last-16 clash with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich or another big name.
Recommended Bets:
Back the draw at [3.6]
Back the 1-1 draw at [8.6]
Manchester United v Valencia
Whoever wins this game wins the group, it's as simple as that. But I don't think this will be as dramatic as that sounds.
A draw will do for Manchester United and I just don't see them losing - finishing second in the group would be disastrous given the strength of opposition that would lurk in the next round. We're talking Real Madrid and Barcelona as potential last-16 opponents.
So I think they will get the point they need, despite not producing their best performance in the competition so far.
Recommended Bets:
Back the 1-1 draw at [9.0]
Back under 2.5 goals at [1.9]
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Published: 7 Dec 2010
Norman (December 6, 2010 5:07 PM) said:
What is a big name? Didn't we show Inter the way home over two legs? And they are the current CL Champions.
We have as good as chance as anyone, we have an impressive home record in this competition.
noelie.d (December 7, 2010 3:23 PM) said:
inter didnt win champ league with benitiz in charge and average team will take spurs out in next round
Gary_Moore (December 7, 2010 5:50 PM) said:
Im quite happy to agree with the spurs AND united outcomes. Spurs have done the job over Inter (true) and of recent games have beat Arsenal and Liverpool. But you just have to ask yourself how good were Arsenal and Liverpool at that time? And spurs came from behind. Inter aren't the force they were under Mourinho and Bremen??? Pah!!. Let's face it, Spurs seem incapable of keeping a clean sheet and I see them losing a bit of that 'unbelievable' form. 1-1 is a great shout.