Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp
was full of praise for Barcelona
after their 1-1 draw at Wembley.
Jake Livermore, having signed a new contract with the club
earlier in the day, grabbed the equaliser against Barca after Bojan
Krkic had opened the scoring.
The European champions fielded a team of reserves and youngsters
but gave Spurs a massive test with their passing.
"It's very difficult to play under that pressure - anyone can
play when given time," he added. "I should have had my youth team
here to watch.
"The whole club is a credit to football. People will only talk
about their passing but I saw the other side of their game."
Redknapp auditioned Vedran Corluka, Tom Huddlestone, Pascal
Chimbonda and Dorian Dervite at centre-back as Ledley King, Michael
Dawson and Jonathan Woodgate are sidelined.
"I haven't got a lot of options," Redknapp added.
"It was difficult with the movement they had to deal with. It
was a different system, unlike a team from England when they would
have a big centre-forward to play against."
Barca coach Pep Guardiola feels the future is bright with the
youngsters he has available.
"There are five or six players at the top level," he said. "They
are young but the season is long and it is comforting to know I can
use them if there are problems."
Guardiola is determined to match Real
Madrid after their summer of spending.
"We are going to try," he said. "They pay a lot of money to get
players but we're going to try - we'll take the ball and
attack.
"I'm convinced if we have the same spirit we are going to be
there at the end of the season looking to get something."
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to
join from Inter with Samuel
Eto'o poised to go in the opposite direction, and
when asked whose decision it was, the Barca coach said: "It was my
decision."
