Intro:

Tottenham Hotspur coach Mauricio Pochettino and Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen look ahead to their Europa League Group C game against Partizan Belgrade on Wednesday (26th November).

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Eriksen, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder:

(on the importance of qualification for the knockout phase of the Europa League)

"No, I think we have to win tomorrow. If we want to get outselves qualified for the next round, I think it's a pretty important game tomorrow. But hopefully, we'll play free as well, that's no different from a Premier League game or a Europa League game."

SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Eriksen, Tottenham Hotspur midfielder:

(on how he expects the Partizan game to play)

"Hopefully, it will be a good game. I know they (Partizan) are in front in their own competition, so they probably have a lot of confidence coming into the game tomorrow and when we played there, we had a difficult time as well, so hopefully we'll do better tomorrow and qualify ourselves."

SOUNDBITE (English) Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur coach:

(on the importance of beating Partizan on Wednesday)

"No, for us, it's important tomorrow because it's an important three points against Partizan, to go to the next round, because we want to travel to Besiktas (for the final group game) with the job done and I think it's important to play (well) tomorrow at White Hart Lane... it's true that in the Premier League we have problems in our games at home, but it's important to the team back at White Hart Lane to do a good job, play well and win the game."

SOUNDBITE (English) Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur coach:

(on competing in the Europa League and the possibility of qualifying for the Champions League by winning it)

"Today (the Europa League) is one possibility more. Realistically, we are out on the positions to play for the next Champions League in the Premier League, but the Europa League is a tough competition, is a good competition and this year it's a good opportunity to play for... if you win the Europa League, to play in the Champions League in the next season. This is one possibility more, yes."