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Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale kicks a ball during a training session at the training ground, Chigwell, England, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Tottenham wil...
Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale kicks a ball during a training session at the training ground, Chigwell, England, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Tottenham will face Inter Milan in a group A Champions League match in London, Tuesday.(AP Photo/Tom Hevezi)
Britain Soccer Champions League
Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale throws a bib at a ball during a training session at the training ground, Chigwell, England, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Tot...
Tottenham Hotspur's Gareth Bale throws a bib at a ball during a training session at the training ground, Chigwell, England, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Tottenham will face Inter Milan in a group A Champions League match in London, Tuesday.(AP Photo/Tom Hevezi)
Britain Soccer Champions League
Tottenham's Gareth Bale moves the ball away from Inter Milan during their Champions League group A soccer match at Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadiu...
Tottenham's Gareth Bale moves the ball away from Inter Milan during their Champions League group A soccer match at Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadium in London, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi)
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Tottenham's Peter Crouch,left, and Gareth Bale celebrate after winning their Champions League group A soccer match against Inter Milan at Tottenham's...
Tottenham's Peter Crouch,left, and Gareth Bale celebrate after winning their Champions League group A soccer match against Inter Milan at Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadium in London, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi)
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Tottenham's Gareth Bale, right, moves the ball away from Inter Milan during their Champions League group A soccer match against Inter Milan at Totten...
Tottenham's Gareth Bale, right, moves the ball away from Inter Milan during their Champions League group A soccer match against Inter Milan at Tottenham's White Hart Lane Stadium in London, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi)
Gareth Bale's performances against Inter Milan have taken Tottenham to the brink of progress in its first season in the Champions League, and the English club now has to make sure he is still there if it makes it.
The Wales winger's man-of-the-match performance in Tuesday's 3-1 win over Inter Milan put Spurs in a great position to reach the next round but also showed Europe's powerhouses just how valuable he is.
Former Inter great Luis Figo said "he's just amazing, amazing. He killed us twice."
Bale tore apart the defending champion's defense for the second straight match, setting up two goals to take the English club to the top of its group with two matches left.
