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Andros Townsend believes there were a number of fringe players who staked their claim for a Premier League role as Tottenham survived a scare against Nottingham Forest.
Spurs came from behind to win 3-1 at home to the Championship outfit and Mauricio Pochettino made 11 changes to the side which lost to West Brom.
And Townsend believes Pochettino will have a selection headache after certain players played their way into the Argentine's thinking ahead of Saturday's north London derby against Arsenal.
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"The performances have been okay but the results have not been there so it was good to get a morale-boosting win with the big game coming up on Saturday," he said.
"The manager made a lot of changes tonight but I think the lads that played tonight showed that they are good enough to be selected on Saturday so I'm sure the manager has got a few problems and he'll want that."