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Tottenham midfielder Gareth Bale has insisted the club is currently going through "a blip", not a crisis.

Harry Redknapp's side were on the fringes of the Premier League title race until very recently, as successive defeats to Manchester United and Everton ended their league title aspirations and even dragged them back towards rivals Arsenal - now just a point behind - in the battle for third position and guaranteed Champions League group stage qualification.

Bale's own form his slipped during that period, but the Wales international insists there are no major concerns around White Hart Lane, with the squad confident they will quickly bounce back from recent setbacks.

"It's not a crisis, just a blip," Bale told The Guardian. "We're third-top, not third-bottom, and the manager has full confidence in us.

"He's not slaughtering us in the dressing room after we've lost to Manchester United or Everton. He knows we might have won both games, it was that tight, and it will go our way again.

"These have been high-profile matches against teams up there, so people will make a lot of the losses, but it won't take a lot to turn it round. Just a bit of luck."

Bale still sees a very bright future for the club, believing the young nucleus of talent at Spurs have yet to reach the limits of their potential.

"We're a young team who are still growing up together, progressing together," he added. "Even with recent results this is still an exciting time and, if we keep building on what we have, who knows what we could achieve in the future?

"People have pointed out what could happen if we don't get back into the Champions League, but look what might happen if we do.

"We don't want to be losing players like Luka [Modric] in the summer, but if we get Champions League football there'll be no problem keeping the squad together. I have no doubt about that. We know what's at stake, but there's no panic."

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