Tottenham Hotspur 5 Fulham 1M/b>

JUANDE Ramos has revealed how he slimmed down his Tottenham players to get them out of relegation trouble.

The Spaniard saw the weight of some of his players as a problem when he arrived in October but his regime has seen them coast out of trouble - and they defeated Fulham 5-1 in the early Boxing Day clash.

Tom Huddlestone was one of the players ordered to lose pounds and he showed the results by scoring twice at White Hart Lane.

We are happy that the team has players that have slimmed down - they are obviously a lot lighter now,'' said Ramos. The team appreciates this because we needed this to happen.'' Huddlestone in particular has shown progress in the fitness department.

Tom's weight worried us a lot at the beginning but you could see that he is making a real effort to be fit enough,'' said Ramos.

You can see the results now.

He was magnificent. His ball control and touch, he's had a really good performance today and he's participated a lot in the match.

I don't know how much weight Tom has lost but we have it on record.'' Ramos still allowed his players to have turkey on Christmas Day.

Turkey is a very healthy food and is one of the things that is recommended,'' he said. It's what goes with it that is different - potatoes and alcohol!'' Robbie Keane also grabbed two goals against Fulham before substitute Jermain Defoe wrapped up the scoring. Clint Dempsey had given the visitors brief hope with a strike on the hour mark.

Despite the attacking power Spurs showed, it was Ledley King's first appearance of the season that gave the home fans the biggest cheer.

King has endured a wretched 18 months with injury. It was a year ago that he picked up a foot problem and he has undergone knee surgery since.

He's still getting better,'' said Ramos. He's not 100 per cent yet but we needed him to play today because we did not have enough defensive players.

His performance was good overall and it's obvious he has experience which he has brought to the team. It is good to have him back on the pitch."

Fulham had Moritz Volz dismissed for two yellow cards, and caretaker boss Ray Lewington feels his side lacked a physical edge.

If they play like that they will get relegated but I hope they won't,'' said Lewington. Everything that could go wrong went wrong today."