Gareth Bale, Tottenham's man of the time, claims he's on the brink of fulfilling his dream of taking the team back to the Champions League. The Welshman continued his scintillating kind along with his 22nd club purpose of the season as well as the support and tasty pass for team-mate Jan Vertonghen's seventh-minute operator in the 2-1 success at Swansea City. Michu halved the deficit with 19 minutes outstanding, but victory helped Andre Villas-Boas's smart clothing to leapfrog Chelsea into third place and edges them straight back towards a into Europe's elite competition a' which was taken away from them last year when the Blues lifted the European Cup. Bale said: "We come in an excellent position to attain the Champions League again and that is certainly the main thing. We are still in the running for our goals and hopefully we can satisfy them. "It was essential for us to obtain a gain. We had lost the final three of our activities in all competitions therefore it was crucial that you try and stop the rot and end on and make our year as good as possible. "We knew we'd to have down to a good beginning, create the confidence from there and I do believe we showed that we could defend and attack. "It was an excellent effect for us therefore, hopefully, we are able to hold this work going." Ultimately, Bale's factor was the big difference in south Wales. His move for Vertonghen's purpose was elegant, but he easily followed that up with a sensational 21st-minute attack which left Michel Vorm stuck. Bale added: "It was a pleasant attack, I found it clear and it was just good to see it go in the back of the web. "But the most crucial thing for us was to get the three factors and taking a look at other results like Chelsea's takes us back into third." Tottenham, who assume first-choice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to go back to education today after a small knee injury, now prepare for their Europa League quarter-final first leg link against Basel at White Hart Lane this week. Director Villas-Boas hopes his men could preserve their attack on a successful wallpaper and top four berth. Villas-Boas said: "We dream of earning trophies therefore our give attention to the Europa League won't transfer. We realize that we've to keep the team fresh and we are in a position to turn it as we've those excellent people that allow us to take action. Today we have the Europa quarter-finals and we can only just dream of winning the trophy while I understand that it's usually the group place that determines the success of the season. "We just have to recover the people and prevent injuries. The installation calendar is very limited. Every group that represents in Europe must deal with this. "It is something the participants have to get used to. The inspiration of a Europa League trophy is fantastic." Goals: Swansea City Michu 71. Tottenham Hotspur Vertonghen 7, Bale 21. Subs: Swa Ki 6 (De Guzman, 56), Monk 6 (Chico, 67), Schechter (Hernandez, 79). Tott Defoe 6 (Adebayor, 61), Holtby (Sigurdsson, 76). Booked: Swan Michu, Davies. Tott Adebayor, Walker, Holtby, Parker. Person of fit Bale. Match standing 7/10. Possession: Swansea 57%. Tottenham 43%. Efforts on target: Swansea 3. Tottenham 7. Umpire A Taylor (Cheshire). Work 20,604.
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