Tottenham Hotspur 2 Fulham 0

TOTTENHAM striker Peter Crouch was delighted with his team’s performance last night as they saw off Fulham 2-0 to keep their Champions League dream very much alive.

Crouch opened the scoring at White Hart Lane in the 27th minute and David Bentley sealed the win on the hour mark.

In a further boost, Liverpool could only muster a draw at Wolves, leaving Spurs three points ahead of Crouch’s former team in the race for a place in the top four.

‘‘I think we deserved to win the game,’’ said Crouch. ‘‘We had the better chances, we were the better side.

‘‘If you don’t score early on you get nervous so I’m glad to have done that, and after the second one we started playing the kind of football we can play.”

‘‘Liverpool are a big big team and they’re going to be up there come the end of the season so for them to drop points is good news for us.’’ The match also saw Gareth Bale finally end up on a winning Tottenham side after being named in the starting line-up.

And the Wales full-back admits it is something of a relief following 22 previous starts.

"I’m happy to get that off my back and go on from here,"

said Bale. "It’s one of those freak things but it’s in the past now."