Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has praised the efforts of Ledley King to score his first goal in three years and push through the pain barrier to give his all for his club.

King scored the opener in the Spurs 2-0 win over West Ham, his first goal since December 2005, after making it through just 15 minutes of Sunday's training session.

Redknapp was full of admiration for King, saying, "Ledley is strong in the air. He is a fantastic player. He has been unfortunate his knee is a massive problem.

"Yesterday was the first morning he came out training. He trained for 15 minutes and then came over and his knee was hurting him and it was swollen.

"I said: 'No chance tomorrow Ledley?'

"He said: 'I'll ice it and let's see how it turns out tomorrow'. He turned up today and said he would give it a go.

"It is like that every week for him. He can't train all week. The first time we see him is the day before a game when he comes out and tries to get himself going again.

"It is such a shame for such a talented boy that he has a knee like that, that stops him playing all the time and doing what he wants to do."