PRETTY VACANT

Last updated : 24 September 2002 By Editor

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Fitness

"Laurent Blanc is fit, and he will play tomorrow. Everyone else is fit from Saturday."

Pleased with Spurs performance

"I thought we created a lot of chances on Saturday, but the combination of Keller playing well and maybe a bit of anxiety from our players kept the score down. We made some good chances though."

Bayer missing Ballack

"I've looked at their results and I've been surprised. It's easy to say that they've missed Ballack and Ze Roberto, but it's hard to replace seventeen goals from midfield. They've also had one or two injury problems which haven't helped. But you always expect a difficult game when you come to Germany. It will be a challenge - they've got resilience, so we're going into tomorrow's game knowing we have to perform."

Positive Leverkusen

"Their games this season, most of the time they've started out how they'd like to play, and scored first in most games. Their belief is to attack, and I can't remember what game it was, but they scored a goal in the first ten minutes and they had six men in the penalty area! I think we'll see their true side tomorrow and we'll have to be very careful. They might just adopt an attacking philosophy and just go for it.

"Their philosophy is to attack, but hopefully we can put up a good stand. We don't always do that, but we'll have to think about it tomorrow. It could be an open game, it could be bang bang bang. If it is, it could be a great game."

Unlucky last season

"Last season they had a positive team and they were pushing forward all the time. I think they were very unlucky not to win the Cup. I think they should have won the final. An exceptional goal out of nothing beat them, and I thought they were the better team in the final."

Bayer Leverkusen v United

United 11/10

Bayer Leverkusen 11/5

Draw 11/5

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