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Former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas says the midweek defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League may be a 鈥榖lessing鈥� ahead of facing Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday.

Spurs lost 1-0 to the German side at Wembley to leave them third in Group E after four matches.

鈥淎s a player you go 鈥楻ight, thank god that didn鈥檛 happen this week when we鈥檙e playing against Arsenal because they鈥檇 have probably have pumped six by us and we鈥檇 have never have lived that one down,鈥欌�� said Jenas.

On how the Spurs players may view the defeat, the former England midfielder added, 鈥業t鈥檚 a bit of a wake-up call. Everybody has been talking about us as title contenders, we鈥檝e not lost a game in the Premier League yet, maybe we got a bit above our station and maybe we needed that slap in the face to wake us up.

鈥淚t was scary and talking about the players with Arsenal such as Sanchez and Ozil in the form they鈥檙e in, they would have dismantled that Spurs defensive display but lets not forget what Ludogorets did to Arsenal,鈥� he added.

This clip is from 5 live Sport, Friday 4 November 2016.

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