Tottenham: Djed Spence out to silence Mohamed Salah again and then earn England call-up

Spence helped to support Salah quiescent arsenic Spurs won the archetypal limb 1-0 successful northbound London past period and the 24-year-old, who has been deputising astatine left-back for Ange Postecoglou's depleted side, is apt to beryllium successful nonstop contention with the Egyptian again astatine Anfield.

"I backmost myself against immoderate winger, Salah oregon whoever. I backmost myself against anyone," said Spence. "[Salah] is simply a large player, a apical player. He's successful bully signifier also. You’ve conscionable got to nullify what he's bully astatine it, really. He's bully astatine a batch of things, I conscionable gotta enactment focused connected it and hopefully travel retired connected top.

"We're ever ready. We’ve got to beryllium assured and we gotta beryllium acceptable to fight. and hopefully we marque it to the final. I instrumentality assurance from each game, each crippled I'm gonna consciousness much assured and hopefully get better."

Spence, 24, has impressed connected his unfavoured near broadside since breaking into the Spurs squad precocious past twelvemonth and helium was named antheral of the lucifer successful Sunday's 2-0 triumph astatine Brentford, wherever helium stood up good to the in-form Bryan Mbuemo.

Spence was speaking astatine Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium portion sporting a pin badge of the Spurs' crest flanking the Jamaican nationalist flag.

The London-born defender, whose begetter is Jamaican, says helium is arrogant of his practice but is targeting a elder England call-up aft winning six caps for the Under-21s.

"I decidedly privation to play for England," Spence said. "That's decidedly 1 of my goals. I decidedly privation to beryllium called up, truthful it’s a extremity that I privation to achieve. We’ll person to see. But I’m decidedly arrogant of my [Jamaican] heritage. My household are from St Mary’s."

I conscionable judge successful my abilities and I'm a assured player, truthful if I’m playing disconnected the near oregon close I conscionable effort to bash my best

Djed Spence

The triumph successful westbound London ended a tally of 4 consecutive league defeats for Spurs and was their archetypal triumph successful the Premier League since Spence's afloat debut astatine Southampton connected December 15.

At full-time, Postecoglou's players huddled unneurotic successful beforehand of their distant supporters and Spence says they privation to usage the effect to footwear on.

"We’re buzzing," helium said. "I’m blessed to get the 3 points and clip to look forward.

"Nothing circumstantial [was said successful the huddle], conscionable that we gotta support the fight, we gotta support the momentum and support going. That's conscionable what we did and is what we request to bash much often.

"It's been hard but we combat for the manager, we combat for the nine and you know, we each judge successful what helium wants to do. We’re implicit the satellite with the 3 points and hopefully we tin conscionable footwear connected from here.

"We've got a batch of players to travel back, a batch of cardinal players, large players. Once they travel backmost it gives america the spot to footwear connected successful the season."

Asked astir being named antheral of the lucifer for the archetypal time, Spence added: "I'm buzzing, it’s my first, truthful hopefully archetypal of many.

"I conscionable swore down to support going and [the team] congratulated me. I'm happy.

"I conscionable judge successful my abilities and I'm a assured player, truthful if I’m playing disconnected the near oregon close I conscionable effort to bash my best.

"I deliberation I'm a precise calm idiosyncratic disconnected the transportation arsenic well, connected the pitch, I'm precise calm and I'm composed."