Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp admitted he will never know how his side beat Watford last night and claims if the Hornets played like that every week then they would be top of the Championship.

Watford dominated the match from almost the first minute to the last and had just six shots to the Hornets’ 25. The winning goal came courtesy of a mistake by goalkeeper Scott Loach just before half time.

“How we won that game I will never know,” Redknapp admitted afterwards. “They say it is better to be lucky than good sometimes and we were lucky today that’s for sure. It was amazing.

“We just didn’t play today. We didn’t pass the ball and they were great; they worked hard, they pressed us, they passed it - how they lost I don’t know.”

Rafael Van der Vaart’s goal came just before half time and Redknapp admitted it came “dead against the run of play.”

Spurs fielded an almost full strength team and Redknapp confirmed the FA Cup is a competition he wants to win.

Redknapp said: “I don’t know why we struggled; it is difficult to put your finger on it. We always play and pass the ball great but tonight we couldn’t put two passes together.

“We would give it away, they pressed us and won it back and we just never got going.

“I started with two up top with Rafa (Van der Vaart) behind and three in midfield and that wasn’t working so I thought maybe I shouldn’t of played with that system and I changed it to go to a four, like we always play, and that was even worse. So I thought well it isn’t my fault then.

“We tried everything and in the end it was hanging on time.”

Watford are currently just six points off the relegation places and have lost their last three league matches.

But Redknapp said: “If they play like that every week then they would be top of the league. They were really good.

“Eustace in midfield was outstanding, he ran the game; his passing and showed real quality.

“That was as tough as any game we have had away from home. We don’t normally hang on like that.

“We have a great away record, it is like our home record, but today was just a lucky day. We didn’t play and rode our luck.”