Tottenham fullback Alan Hutton is delighted to be back in first team action.

Hutton featured for Spurs in their victory over Newcastle for the first time since November and told the club's website: "It's been a long time in coming but I'm feeling fit and ready, so when I got the call to go on, I was happy.

"I've learned my lesson from last time, when I perhaps came back too quickly and ended up hurting myself even more.

"It's been a more gradual comeback this time and everything seems to have worked perfectly, so I'll just push on from here. The team's been doing really well and winning games, so it was always going to be hard for me to just walk back in.

"'Daws' getting injured is not a nice thing to see, but it did give me my opportunity. There are five games left and I want to be involved as much as possible. Hopefully I'll give the manager a headache now!"