Hot Spurs lay waste to hapless Wigan

NINE goals and Robbie Keane sat and watched it all. If ever there was a day not to admit to post-international weekend fatigue, this, perhaps, was it.

The Republic of Ireland skipper was treated to a touchline view of a finishing masterclass from Jermain Defoe, although Wigan’s defending was also a lesson, albeit in how not to do it.

Remarkably, eight of those goals — plus Wigan’s solitary, controversial reply — came in the second half. It was Tottenham’s biggest win since a 9-0 demolition of Bristol Rovers in the old Second Division 32 years ago and only Andy Cole and Alan Shearer had scored five times in a Premier League fixture before.