We want revenge for Hammers Euro jibes, says King

Ledley King today insisted Tottenham are determined to get revenge against West Ham on Sunday for denying the club a place in the Champions League this season.

King, who returned from a knee injury to help Spurs clinch an impressive 2-0 win at Besiktas in their first game in UEFA Cup Group B last night, is still gutted about missing out on a place in Europe's top club competition.

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Tottenham lost out on a top-four place to Arsenal by just two points, with their two games against Alan Pardew's side proving very costly.

West Ham scored in the last minute to earn a point at White Hart Lane and more painfully beat Tottenham on the final day of the season, when 10 of Martin Jol's squad were suffering with a mystery illness.

King, who missed the match at Upton Park in May with a broken metatarsal, wants to make the Hammers pay.

'I want to keep them silent this time'

He said: "Last season West Ham were our bogey team. They scored in the last minute at White Hart Lane and beat us on the last day of the season. That defeat still hurts. We are all well aware of what happened last season and are all really hungry to win this game.

"I was at Upton Park, I travelled with the lads and knew a lot of them were ill. It was horrible sitting in the stands injured, watching what was happening and not being able to do anything about it. This time I want to do something about it.

"I heard their fans taking the mickey out of us for being ill, but I want to keep them silent this time. It was a disastrous day for us.

"They haven't got off to the best of starts but we have taken a lot of confidence out of beating Besiktas."