Redknapp’s quotes came after his side had produced a remarkable turn around to beat the Gunners on their own patch for the first time in 17 years and will probably be put down to over excitement at the result.

Seeing as how Spurs haven’t won the title since 1961 it might be a little bit optimistic of Tottenham fans and punters to expect them to be winning the league less than a year after they had scraped into the Champions League.

However, Redknapp was not to be denied another moment in the sun as he went on to say that he thought his Spurs’ side can beat anyone in the Premier League.

“We can beat anybody and this win today has put us right back in the race again. It is wide open,” said Redknapp

“We can achieve anything. We have to believe. It is not impossible to win the title. Let’s see how we go.”

While one half of north London would have been celebrating long into the night, it was a different story in the red half, with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger left kicking himself at his side’s failure to hold onto a two goal lead, a result which would have sent them top.

Chelsea losing at Birmingham might have been a good result in the eyes of some Arsenal fans but had they not capitulated they would have been a point clear right now.

Arsenal are still 4/1 to win the Premier League but the 3-2 reverse could have a huge impact on the Gunners season and the coming weeks could be a struggle, something Wenger claims he is well aware of.

“What is worrying for me is that we had an opportunity to go top of the league and when you have to deliver, we can’t. That’s worrying because that’s part of our job,” said Wenger.

“We put ourselves in the right position and we failed, so we have to accept that. That is mental more than football.”

While Wenger was in a downbeat mood after Arsenal’s defeat West Ham manager Avram Grant was amazingly upbeat considering his team’s predicament.

The Hammers were pitiful in their 3-0 defeat to Liverpool on Saturday evening and look for all the world like they will need a miracle to save them from relegation, with totesport agreeing after they made them the 4/7 favourites for the drop.

Grant’s time at Upton Park has been a disaster and the natives have begun to turn on the former Chelsea and Portsmouth boss, signing the name of potential replacement Paulo Di Canio at Anfield.

Despite the pressure Grant still believes he can turn things around and save the hapless Hammers.

“I am concentrating on my job. Even now in this situation we can get out of this,” said Grant.

“If I can take West Ham to the place I want to take them that is what is important.”

While Grant  desperately trying not to discuss the obvious frailties of his side Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wasn’t afraid to bemoan his side for not scoring more than two against nine-man Wigan.

“We really could have done our goal difference a power of good in the last 20 minutes. We missed a lot of chances and we could have had five or six, easily,” said Ferguson.

United’s win over Wigan moved them into second, level on points with Chelsea at the top of the league, but that was overlooked in favour of concentrating on the return of the chosen one, Wayne Rooney.

The 25-year-old made his long-awaited return to Old Trafford, coming off the bench for the last half an hour to a decent reception from the United faithful, who had every right to be disgruntled with Rooney after the recent contract saga.

Ferguson wasn’t forthcoming with praise for Rooney on his comeback but hoped we would see the real Wayne when United take on Rangers (11/2 to qualify from Group C) in the Champions League on Wednesday.

“It was a quiet comeback. He got involved in a few bits of the interplay. He needed 25 minutes or so,” said Ferguson.

“He will play against Rangers on Wednesday, that is the perfect game for him to come back and get 90 minutes.”

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Manchester United

The 30-year-old last played for the Three Lions when he came on as a substitute in a 1-0 defeat to France in March 2008 and he was never a contender for the current squad to play Montenegro in Tuesday’s Euro 2012 qualifier.

Veteran Bolton forward Kevin Davies has finally been called up for international duty and Owen, who has scored an impressive 40 goals in 89 appearances for his country, believes he could still do a job for England (England 9/1 NOT to qualify for Euro 2012).

He told the Daily Mirror: “I haven’t resigned myself to never playing for England again.

“But I’m not stupid enough to get myself worked up before every squad’s announced and then go ‘oh no, the world’s caved in and I’m not in it again’.

“Everyone deals with things in different ways. The first time I wasn’t named in the squad I was really gutted. The second time I was pretty gutted, the next time I was just gutted and so on.”

Owen has only started two of United’s games so far this season but has scored three goals, and he remains hopeful that the call from England will come again at some point. However, he admits he does not expect to see his name in the squad every time Capello confirms his selection.

“I’d love to play for my country again, but I don’t look out for the squad expecting my name to be in it, unless someone phones me to tell me otherwise,” he added.

“I still have a lot of friends in the team and you can’t play for your country for as long as I did and not still have an interest in how they’re doing.”

Owen will be hoping to feature for United against West Brom next weekend after he came off the bench recently to score a vital goal in the 2-2 draw at Bolton.

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Lionel Messi

The 22-year-old world player of the year will be one of the stars on show at this year’s tournament in South Africa having enjoyed a remarkable four years since Germany 2006.

Since then, Messi has become a super star, helping Barcelona to countless domestic and European prizes as he firmly established himself amongst the world’s elite.

Despite having won the Champions League, the Copa del Rey and La Liga, Messi says he is still as hungry as ever for success, especially when it comes to the World Cup.

The diminutive forward, nicknamed the flea in Spain, is likely to be leading the line for Argentina (13/2 World Cup winners) when the tournament kicks off.

La Albiceleste’s coach Diego Maradona is likely to start with three up front, with Messi to be paired with two of Diego Milito, Carlos Tevez, Gonzalo Higuain or Sergio Aguero.

While Messi is expected to start, there had been points in qualifying where Argentinean’s were calling for Messi to be dropped from the side after he failed to replicate his club form at international level.

While Messi has failed to shed any light on why he hasn’t been able to sparkle on the world stage for Argentina, there are those who believe the forward has fallen out with Maradona, which has affected his form for the South American nation.

Despite the problems in qualifying Messi had to endure, he is still full of confidence that he will be able to steer Argentina to world glory.

“The qualifiers are behind us now,” he says. “For one reason or another we found it tough and we had to put a lot of hard work in. This is totally different, though. Argentina are always going to be one of the favourites.

“We’ve got some fantastic players and we are a great national team that’s always right in there competing for trophies.”

Argentinean supporters will expect their nation to cruise through their group having been drawn alongside Nigeria, South Korea and Greece.

Despite being the heavy favourites to top the group, Messi (10/1 to be World Cup top goalscorer) is taking nothing for granted and believes it will be tough going.

“There are no pushovers in the World Cup. I saw Nigeria at the African Cup of Nations and they are a typical African team with good and physically strong players. We played Côte d’Ivoire in Germany and they [Nigeria] will be a similar proposition,” he added.

“I haven’t seen much of Korea Republic and Greece but to win games, you have to go out and play them. We have confidence in our ability, though, and we feel we can get through the group comfortably enough.”

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