Intro:

Coaches' reactions from White Hart Lane on Sunday (9 February) following Tottenham Hotspur's 1-0 win over Everton in the English Premier League.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Sherwood, Tottenham Hotspur head coach:

(Journalist: You got the win though, by hook or by crook - and as you were saying the other day it was important to make this place where you need to feel at home at White Hart Lane?)

"Yeah, I think the crowd have been great with the team. It takes brave character to come and play here at Tottenham. I've obviously played here and it's like all big clubs - you know, a lot of teams (players) can go and play for the little clubs but when you need to come and play in front of your home fans, a lot of expectancy... an expectant crowd... you need to have the spirit, have the character, to be able to do that - and that's why I was so pleased with the win overall because 'chalk and cheese' (i.e. very different) first to second half, and managed to come out on top, you know. There's going to be fine margins between now and the end of the season, what takes the team into that fourth spot, which we're all chasing... and more games are going to be grinded out like that one rather than free-flowing football and smashing people up three and four-nil - it ain't going to happen."