22 METROSPORT Monday, November 23, 2009 D Defoe goes goal crazy JERMAIN DEFOE was told to aim for the top of the goalscoring charts after smashing five in Tottenhams incredible 9-1 demolition of Wigan at White Hart Lane yesterday. Defoe is now the Premier Leagues leading marksman with 11 for the season but Spurs boss Harry Red- knapp still wants more from the play- er. I dont see why he cant be the top scorer this season, said the Spurs boss. Its about time he scored 20 goals in a season. Hes been so sharp in training. You could see this coming. DefoemanagedthePremierLeagues second-fastest hat-trick during his haul only Liverpool great Robbie Fowler has managed a quicker treble. He was sent off against Portsmouth last month and Redknapp said: When he concentrates and plays his football, he can be unstoppable. It was Spurs biggest victory for 32 years, since they defeated Bristol Rovers, and Defoe revealed: I had a funny feeling before the game. Adidas gave me a pair of green boots and I tried them on before the game, but [coach] Clive Allen said I couldnt wear them, so I changed them and I go and score five. Defoe produced a masterclass in White-hot striker grabs five in rout Premier League thumpings 3 Players who have now scored five in a Premier League match Defoe joining Alan Shearer and Andy Cole finishing as Tottenham moved back into the Champions League places. The scoreline stood at just 1-0 at half-time thanks to Peter Crouchs ninth-minute strike. But Redknapps men racked up an incredible eight goals after the break. Defoe struck five of them, with Aar- on Lennon, Niko Kranjcar also on target, while Chris Kirkland also scored an own goal. Crouch got the ball rolling when he headed home a glorious Lennon cross. Defoe struck the bar before the break, then burst into a scoring frenzy after the restart. His first came from another Lennon cross, with Defoe getting in front of Titus Bramble to finish. His second came after Wilson Palacios ball was missed by Emerson Boyce, with Defoe keeping his cool to slot his finish into the far post. Paul Scharner replied for Wigan but Defoe restored the three-goal cushion when he volleyed home another Len- non cross, meaning he wrapped up his hat-trick in just seven minutes but short of Fowlers four minute, 33 second record against Arsenal in 1994. Lennon added the fifth himself, Crouch with the assist, before Defoe, in full flow, grabbed his fourth in the 69th minute, picking up Vedran Cor- lukas ball and firing in off the post. TOTTENHAM......................... 9 WIGAN........................................ 1 Man United 9 Ipswich 0 March 1995 Andy Cole led the way with five goals, with Mark Hughes (2), Paul Ince and Roy Keane also netting for United against an Ipswich team which finished bottom at the end of the season. Newcastle 8 Sheff Wed 0 September 1999 Alan Shearer bagged five goals including two penalties as relegation- bound Wednesday were routed at St James Park. Aaron Hughes set the ball rolling, while Kieron Dyer and Gary Speed netted in the second half. Nott Forest 1 Man Utd 8 February 1999 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came off the bench to fire four goals in the last ten minutes in this rout of Forest, who went down at the end of the campaign. Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke each got two goals, with Alan Rogers briefly levelling matters for Forest. Arsenal 7 Everton 0 May 2005 Dennis Bergkamp scored one and had a hand in three others as fourth- placed Everton were brushed aside by the runners-up. Robert Pires (2), Robin van Persie, Patrick Vieira, Mathieu Flamini and Edu (penalty) completed a memorable night for the Highbury faithful. Blackburn 7 Nott For 0 November 1995 Another Shearer hat-trick against a side who finished in mid-table. Lars Bohinen (2), Mike Newell and Graeme Le Saux also netted. Man Utd 7 Barnsley 0 October 1997 Coles first-half hat-trick helped United to a 4-0 lead in Barnsleys one and only Premiership season. Ryan Giggs (2), Paul Scholes and Karel Poborsky were also on target. Arsenal 7 Middlesbro 0 January 2006 Thierry Henry inspired this victory with three goals. Philippe Senderos, Robert Pires, Gilberto Silva and Alexander Hleb also scored as ten-man Middlesbrough suffered a torrid afternoon. Goal king: Cole Goals: Shearer Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Dawson, Woodgate, Assou-Ekotto (Bassong 81), Lennon (Bentley 79), Huddlestone, Palacios (Jenas 84), Kranjcar, Defoe, Crouch. Booked: Kranjcar. Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot (Cho 85), Bramble, Boyce, Edman, Thomas (Gomez 67), Diame, NZogbia, Scharner, Rodallega, Scotland. Referee: Peter Walton MATCH FACTS Picture: AP Five alive: Defoe slots home his second goal against Wigan yesterday BLACKBURN assistant manager Neil McDonald handed his boss Sam Allardyce a big tonic ahead of a hospital visit. Allardyce is having an angioplasty, a procedure to widen one of his coronary arteries, on Friday. In his absence, Rovers ended a run of ten successive defeats on the road in the league by beating Allardyces former club Bolton. David Dunn made the breakthrough and Boltons fate was sealed with a bizarre own goal from Sam Ricketts. Allardyce will also miss matches against Fulham and Stoke and McDonald said: Hopefully we have put a bit of a smile on his face and taken a little bit of stress away from him. I am told it is routine operation, so he should be back fighting fit very soon. Rovers send Big Sam get well present BOLTON ...0 BLACKBURN... 2 Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Ricketts, Cahill, Andrew OBrien, Samuel, Taylor, Muamba, McCann (M Davies 69), Gardner (Lee 69), Elmander (Klasnic 66), K Davies. Blackburn: Robinson, Chimbonda, Samba, Nelsen, Givet (Jacobsen 35), Dunn (Grella 84), Nzonzi, Emerton, Diouf, Di Santo (McCarthy 71), Roberts. Teams PORTSMOUTH manager Paul Hart allayed fears over David James fitness after the England goalkeeper was injured in the warm-up ahead of this defeat. The 39-year-old had a knee operation at the end of last season but the latest setback is a calf problem. Only a week ago James said he was confident of being fit for this summers World Cup after England coach Fabio Capello criticised his fitness record. Hart said: The World Cup is in June, a calf muscle is usually about three weeks. I think he will be fit for the World Cup. Stokes Ricardo Fuller scored the only goal his first in the Premier League this season in the 74th minute after Kevin-Prince Boateng missed a first-half penalty. James will be fit, says Hart STOKE...1 PORTSMOUTH.. 0 Stoke: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Huth, Collins, Delap, Diao (Lawrence 57), Whitehead, Etherington, Beattie (Sidibe 57), Fuller (Sanli 84). Portsmouth: Ashdown, Ben-Haim, Kaboul, Wilson, Hreidarsson, Brown, Mullins (Webber 80), OHara, Boateng, Kanu, Dindane (Piquionne 73). Teams Freak own goal: Ricketts SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE Fuller cheer: Ricardo netted for Stoke BY SIMON KAY His fifth came after a mistake by Erik Edman, with Defoe finishing through Kirklands legs. Bentleys free-kick then rebounded off the bar and on to Kirkland before finding the net for the eighth while Kranjcars goal, the ninth, also went in off the woodwork to complete the rout. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html