Defoe on the double as Pompey sink Brum

TWO goals from Jermain Defoe and further efforts from Hermann Hreidarsson and Kanu enabled FA Cup semi-finalists Portsmouth to sink struggling Birmingham in the Barclays Premier League last night.

Plucky Birmingham hit back from a stunning two-goal blow by Jermain Defoe early on and were level by half- time.

But Alex McLeish’s men had no answer when big Icelander Hreidarsson poked his third goal of the season — before substitute Kanu finished the visitors off in stoppage-time.