Gareth Bale and his Spurs team-mates take on Chelsea at Wembley tomorrow in an FA Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n
Spurs have huge defensive problems having just two centre-halves available following injuries to Ledley King and Younes Kaboul. Scott Parker returns though after missing the 2-1 loss against Norwich City, however, Niko Kranjcar is now out.
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\nSpurs played Chelsea a few weeks ago at Stamford Bridge and deserved more than a goalless draw.<\/p>\n
Gareth Bale though is confident of getting to the final. He told Spurs TV: “Obviously we’ve got difficult opposition in Chelsea. They’re a great side, have done really well in the Champions League and it won’t be easy, but I think if we are on our game on the day, then we can reach the final because I feel we have the better team.<\/p>\n
“We played very well at Stamford Bridge recently, it ended goalless but we had the better chances on the day and we probably should have won the game.<\/p>\n
“That will give us plenty of confidence going into this match.”<\/p>\n
Gareth played in the 2-0 extra-time FA Cup semi-final defeat to Portsmouth two-years ago and has got his mind set on making it to the final this time around.<\/p>\n
He said: “We let ourselves down against Portsmouth two years ago, we didn’t play well and that was a tough defeat to take, but we’ve got another chance to reach the FA Cup final and we’re determined not to let it slip by this time.”<\/p>\n
Liverpool have this afternoon beaten Everton 2-1 and will now take on the winner of the Spurs-Chelsea game in the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"