Pleat to continue attacking

Report: Tottenham 4-4 Leicester

Tottenham caretaker boss David Pleat says he will not change his football philosophy after an amazing eight-goal thriller against Leicester.

Spurs surrendered a 3-1 lead to trail 4-3, but were rescued by Jermain Defoe's injury time equaliser.

In their last four games, Spurs have scored 16 goals and conceded 13.

While Pleat admitted Spurs have defensive problems, he said: "I won't change my philosophy, I have never been overly defensively orientated."

Spurs fans were fearing a re-run of their FA Cup exit to Manchester City when 10-man Leicester turned the game on its head.

It was one of those games where you battle through, take a point but know you should have got three Spurs caretaker boss David Pleat

Pleat said: "We've had Groundhog Day in the past two weeks so many times it's almost surreal.

"I think we're going to make a film of it all.

"We're all going to the doctors now to get in a supply of aspirin.

"It's crazy to concede a two-goal lead, it's very poor.

"Saying that, to fight back at the death when it looked like: 'Oh dear, it's happening again' and to get that fourth goal was quite remarkable.

"We're capable of scoring goals and we have tremendous ability.

In the second half we warranted three points Leicester boss Micky Adams Leicester reaction

"We scored good goals whereas Leicester's were contributed to by indifferent individual mistakes."

Pleat saw Defoe take his goal tally to four in three Premiership games with Spurs' opener and the last-gasp point-saver.

The caretaker Spurs boss said: "I was so confident when he scored his first goal and his second was vital for us.

"It was one of those games where you battle through, take a point but know you should have got three."