Darren Bent, the Tottenham Hotspur striker, has credited Harry Redknapp for helping him re-discover his self-belief. Bent took his tally for the season to 11 goals in all competitions with a brace in the 2-1 victory against Manchester City yesterday.

Spurs are now four matches unbeaten in the Barclays Premier League and up to 16th in the table after Redknapp, the former Portsmouth manager, replaced Juande Ramos.

Bent, in particular, has quickly felt the benefit of the new regime with five goals in four days - he scored a hat-trick in the 4-0 defeat of Dinamo Zagreb in the Uefa Cup.

"Harry is showing more belief in me than Juande did and I am starting to repay that," he said. "He has played me in the majority of the games since he took over and I'm just trying to keep fit and stay focused. He hasn't complicated anything.

"No disrespect to Ramos, but under him things were a bit too particular, whereas Harry has come in and we are all relaxed. He has shown everyone that they are good players and that he believes in all them."

Tottenham showed their fighting spirit at Eastlands after going behind to a goal from former Real Madrid striker Robinho in the 16th minute. It was just the result they were looking for ahead of the Carling Cup match against Liverpool at White Hart Lane on Wednesday.

Bent added: "We showed our resilient side against City and how we are a different team from the one a few weeks ago. It's massive to be off the bottom of the table at last. It wasn't nice picking up the papers and seeing ourselves bottom of the league, particularly with the calibre of players we've got."