<SPAN lang=EN-US>It&rsquo;s been a good week for Ledley King and we caught up with our versatile youngster at Spurs Lodge to find out what he thought about his display and our victory against Liverpool.</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>We had an excellent win over Liverpool on Sunday, were you surprised to learn you were in the team?</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>I had an idea I might be from training during the week, but I didn&rsquo;t want to build my hopes up too much. I had to wait for the team to be announced on Sunday before I knew for sure, and I was delighted to hear I was included. </SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Were you nervous beforehand, with it being such a big game?</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>I&rsquo;m always nervous before a match and with the Sky TV cameras there as well, it made it a little worse. I made my debut two seasons ago and played three times for the first team last season, but it&rsquo;s still daunting when you first go out. But the crowd were great and the lads helped me through it. I really enjoyed the game.</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>A lot of people assumed you were a defender and were surprised to find you in midfield. How did that come about?</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>I&rsquo;ve had a chat with the boss this season and he said he wanted me to play in midfield and see how I got on. I enjoy it there and I&rsquo;ve actually played quite a few times in that position, particularly for the reserves this season. It&rsquo;s very different to defending, when you come in for the ball from your own defence you&rsquo;ve got your back to the play while in defence you&rsquo;re always facing the ball. I&rsquo;m learning all the time and Sunday was a great experience for me. Obviously I was up against some top quality midfielders but Tim and Darren kept talking to me throughout the whole game, encouraging me and keeping me going and I felt I </SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>did well.</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>You certainly impressed the Sky experts who crowned you man of the match. That must have been a great feeling?</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>I was totally shocked to be honest. I came off the pitch happy with my performance when Tim called me into a room down the tunnel and suddenly I was doing an interview with Sky about being man of the match! I didn&rsquo;t have time to think about what to say or anything. But it was a great honour. I wasn&rsquo;t thinking about it on the pitch, obviously. I just concentrated on my game and played to the best of my ability.</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>What did you think of the team&rsquo;s performance?</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>It was good all round. We haven&rsquo;t had a problem at home in the league this season and that showed on Sunday. We played some good football as a team and even going a goal behind didn&rsquo;t knock our confidence too much. We battled back and got the result. Now we have to repeat that today and then away from home. </SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Returning to the first team marked an excellent turn around in your fortunes since the end of last season, didn&rsquo;t it?</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Yes, that&rsquo;s right. I broke a bone in my foot playing for England in the European Under-21 Championships in Slovakia in the summer. It happened in the last 20 seconds of the match and I couldn&rsquo;t believe it. So I spent the summer with my leg in plaster and that didn&rsquo;t come off until four weeks into the season. After that it was a case of trying to strengthen<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>the leg again and building up my fitness. I made it back into the reserves and then in the last few weeks I was part of the first team squad, before making it into the team on Sunday.</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Now, you&rsquo;re obviously hoping to keep your place?</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Of course, but I know it&rsquo;s going to be difficult especially with some of our injured players coming back soon. What I need to do though is put pressure on the boss and the other midfielders with my performances and hope that I do well enough to stay in the side. I&rsquo;ve also had a bad time with injuries, so it&rsquo;s important that I remain fit and if I do that, I might get more chances to play in the first team.</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN>