Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas was today named Barclays Premier League manager of the month for December after guiding the club to four wins from six games.

Villas-Boas: "Its been an excellent December for us and we've managed to put ourselves in the kind of position that we want to be. We sit third in the league, but it is where we finish at the end of the season that matters.

"At the moment we are on a good run of form which has given us a lot of confidence in the way that we approach the next few games. The Barclays Premier League is full of surprises and we need to keep going and showing the same level of performance in the months to come."