Bale: Inter win is unforgettable

| Thursday November 4, 2010 00:00

Bale followed his San Siro hat-trick two weeks earlier with another virtuoso display on Tuesday night as White Hart Lane enjoyed one of its finest nights.

'It was great,' Bale said afterwards. 'It was special beating the European champions. It will be a night that will never be forgotten.'

Bale was in unstoppable form, providing assists for Spurs' second and third goals in their 3-1 win which were every bit as stunning as his goals had been in the 4-3 defeat in Milan. Once again, he tormented the player tagged the best right-back in the world, with Maicon torn apart.

Bale was modest about his form, saying: 'I'm just trying to keep my feet on the ground, work hard in training and do well in games and enjoy my football. I'm happy at the moment.'

Bale also spoke about how important his San Siro hat-trick had been for his and his team-mates' confidence after they went 4-0 and a man down two weeks ago.

'We all had the belief that we could hurt Inter and we showed that. We were unlucky to go down to 10 in the San Siro.

With 11 men on the pitch, we know what we can do.' Bale hoped the win, which moved Spurs above Inter at the top of Group A, sent a statement to the rest of Europe. 'We know what we are capable of. We just have to produce it and we have.

Hopefully, we will have shown people what we can do and hopefully we can go far in this competition now.' Asked how far, he added: 'I'm not too sure. We are just going to take it one step at a time and not get carried away.

We are going to carry on working hard and go as far as we can.'

Victory in their penultimate group game against Werder Bremen should be enough to seal Spurs' progress and would arguably make them favourites to top the group as well.'

The most important thing is to get through,' Bale said. 'If we win the group, it will be a major bonus for us but we just want to keep working hard and get through to the knockout stages.' (Guardian)