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Harry Redknapp insists Tottenham are still in pole position for third place despite the humiliating 5-2 defeat to rivals Arsenal last week.

Spurs host Manchester United on Sunday, a team Tottenham haven't beaten in the league since 2001.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Harry Redknapp, Tottenham Hotspur manager

(After last weeks defeat, is maintaining third position in the Premier League your priority):

"Well that is the key yeah. I've said all along we want Champions League football, we're in a great position still, we had a bad weekend last week but that was a one-off, you know, I think in all honesty since the first two games of the season, there's really not been a game, even the couple of defeats we had, we could quite easily have won. You know, the game at Stoke at Manchester City, we could have won it as easily as we lost it, but last week was the first bad day that we've had. You know, it happens, everybody has them, you know, I think all the clubs have had them and you're going to have days like that."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Harry Redknapp, Tottenham Hotspur manager

(Tottenham haven't beaten Manchester United in Premier League since 2001, do you think this is the best equipped team to end that run?):

"It is, but it is still difficult. Manchester United are still a great team. You know what you're in for, you know, you've got to be at your best if we're going to get a result, for sure. They've done fantastic again, people say oh Man United have not played as well this year or whatever, but they're still right there, you wouldn't write them off from winning the league again. You can never write that team off, the manager, with Alex (Ferguson) in charge you can never write them off from winning anything. So they'll be bang there at the end of the season and we are going to have to be at our very best if we are to get a result from the game. But we've got a big chance, a good team, they're a top team, so are we, so it should be a great game."