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Tottenham boss Redknapp knows they must make history at Man Utd today

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp knows they're fighting history - as well as Manchester United - today.

Spurs appear to need all the help they can get winning at Old Trafford if their recent record there is anything to go by.

It is almost 21 years since they last tasted victory there in any competition.

Redknapp joked: "I wouldn't take the blame for what happened in '89 or '90, or '91, '92, '93, or all those other years.

"It's a hard place for anyone. How many teams have been there and won?

"They lose one or two home games a season at the most. And it's different players here now. They wouldn't know about that record or anything else.

"It's a new experience for some of them."

Spurs have made great strides during Redknapp's two years in charge but he has yet to halt their 17-year winless run at the grounds of the so-called 'big four'.

"We need to go away from home and play at Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United and pick up a win," he said. "We did it at Man City last year, obviously, and I think they'll probably be a top-four team this year.

"But we need to go away from home in one or two of those games and pick up better results this year than we have in the past.

"A lot of it is belief, believing that you can go there and get a result. If you go there and you're negative about it, you won't.

"We'll go there tomorrow with a team looking to take the game, if we can, to Man United. We're not going to go there and shut up shop completely.

"We've got talent and we'll look to go there and do our best to attack them at every opportunity that we get."

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