Darren Bent accepts Tottenham are in a relegation dogfight.

The striker told The Sun: "We're under no illusions we're in a dogfight here. But we're all prepared.

"We're down there. Everyone picks up the paper or watches TV and looks at the table. Spurs are bottom of the league. The perfect way to kick-start our season would be to get something at Stoke before we start thinking about Arsenal.

"We don't want to be thinking too far ahead and then forget about Stoke. People say we need to be out of the relegation zone before we face Arsenal.

"But if it doesn't happen then we'll have to go to Arsenal and get something. No one gave us a chance of getting anything at Chelsea and we did. We know we need to win a couple of games to get out of there and we're all ready to do that."