Sven Botman has played down praise of Newcastle United's impressive defensive record this season - and insists that every player should be getting credit for the Toon's displays.
Much has been made about pictures of the back four of Botman, Fabian Schar, Kieran Trippier and Dan Ban celebrating wins of late, but the ex-Ajax youngster does not want only the defenders to take the glory.
The Dutchman is - remarkably - yet to taste defeat in a Newcastle shirt following his £34million move from Lille in the summer. But he was quick to credit his team-mates after the win at Spurs.
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When asked if a good team was based on a solid defensive rearguard, Botman told Chronicle Live: "No, it's not - we credit every player. It's the whole team. We're happy with everybody and the whole squad competed."
And Botman also felt that United's cagey start - which saw Heung-min Son have four chances in the first 11 minutes - was not as bad as it looked.
A cool Botman explained: "They were shooting from far away and from distance at the beginning but they have a lot of qualities. The first 10 minutes were a little bit hard for us but then after we did very well."
For Botman, he has now gone 11 matches unbeaten as a United player having been left out of the starting line-up against Liverpool for the club's only defeat so far.
Typically the cool Holland international said: "It's been good. Good results every time I have played. We've done well so far and we'd like to keep doing this, that's it. I'm just doing my best and that's all I can do."
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