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Lewis Holtby: 'Stoke City game is must-win for Tottenham Hotspur'

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Lewis Holtby believes that the team must beat Stoke City to keep the pressure on the teams above them in the Premier League.

By Sian Cowper, Reporter

Published: December 27 2013 | 20:30

Last updated: December 28 2013 | 14:15

Lewis Holtby has said that Tottenham Hotspur have to secure a win in their game against Stoke City this weekend.

The team have slipped to eighth in the Premier League table after taking just one win in their last three matches.

The midfielder told the club's official website: "We have to win this game against Stoke because it's vital we stay up near the top with the European places.

"It was a very disappointing result at home against West Brom.

"Everyone wanted the win, we needed the win but in the Christmas period there's no time for feeling sorry for ourselves. We have to be up for it, we have to be mentally right."

The two sides meet at White Hart Lane on Sunday.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	11	9	1	1	21	6	15	28
2	Manchester City Man City	11	7	2	2	22	13	9	23
3	Chelsea	11	5	4	2	21	13	8	19
4	Arsenal	11	5	4	2	18	12	6	19
5	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	11	5	4	2	15	10	5	19
6	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	11	5	4	2	19	15	4	19
7	Fulham	11	5	3	3	16	13	3	18
8	Newcastle United Newcastle	11	5	3	3	13	11	2	18
9	Aston Villa	11	5	3	3	17	17	0	18
10	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	11	5	1	5	23	13	10	16
11	Brentford	11	5	1	5	22	22	0	16
12	Bournemouth	11	4	3	4	15	15	0	15
13	Manchester United Man Utd	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	11	3	3	5	13	19	-6	12
15	Leicester City Leicester	11	2	4	5	14	21	-7	10
16	Everton	11	2	4	5	10	17	-7	10
17	Ipswich Town Ipswich	11	1	5	5	12	22	-10	8
18	Crystal Palace	11	1	4	6	8	15	-7	7
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	11	1	3	7	16	27	-11	6
20	Southampton	11	1	1	9	7	21	-14	4