Hull City manager Phil Brown is still revelling in the win of his Premier League debutantes over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium last Saturday. This was only the second time the Gunners have lost at the Emirates since they moved from Highbury in 2006.
Brown however, feels that the Tigers might have lost the element of surprise ahead of their clash with Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Sunday, with the claim that the KC Stadium side are no longer an unknown quantity in the Premiership.
While Hull were still revelling in their famous victory against Arsene Wenger’s side, Brown has revealed that he was soon thinking ahead to the match with Arsenal’s bitter north London rivals Spurs this weekend.
Brown told Sky Sports News: “It was a great result. It was a fantastic week, we've really enjoyed ourselves on the training ground. But literally 15 minutes after the game I'm thinking about Tottenham.
“That might sound a bit far-fetched when you've just beaten Arsenal at the Emirates, but it's true.
“The most important and pleasing thing about Saturday's result was that the players carried out our instructions to the 'nth' degree. Everything had to go according to plan for us to win the game, and it did.
“There's no doubt at my mind it's going to be a lot more difficult because these guys (Spurs) are fighting for their lives at the moment and they're good players, make no mistake about it.
“We've arrived. We were written off before the start of the season and I think people are slowly and surely people are starting to take us seriously. And there lies our next problem.
“The biggest problem we've got to overcome is that people start respecting us as a Premier League club and we've got to step up to the plate even more.”
Under fire Tottenham boss Juande Ramos sees his Spurs side at the foot of the table with only two points, but Brown believes that.
Brown added: “As far as I'm concerned there's never a right time to catch Tottenham. They're a good side, a side with tradition. They're looking for their first win and it's going to come sooner rather than later.
“If Tottenham score the first goal on Sunday and they get a head of steam up and the fans get behind them it's going to be a difficult game. But if we can keep that crowd quiet and get ourselves in front, it will be a recipe for success.
“At the start of the season, as far as I was concerned, Tottenham were one of the teams who had every chance of breaking into the top four.
“Although they've had a bad start they're more than capable of knocking at the door of the UEFA Cup or even the Champions League, so we've got to make sure on Sunday it doesn't start then.”
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