Nov 22, 2009, 16:59 GMT
Sunderland, England - Jermain Defoe scored five on Sunday as Tottenham Hotspur equalled a Premier League record by thrashing Wigan Athletic 9-1 to climb back to fourth in the table.
In the day's other games, Blackburn Rovers won 2-0 at Bolton Wanderers in the Lancashire derby, while Stoke City beat Portsmouth 1-0.
Aaron Lennon was the key man for Spurs, as he set up three goals and scored one himself.
It was his cross after nine minutes from which Peter Crouch headed the opener, and he laid on the second for Defoe six minutes after half-time.
It soon became a rout, as Defoe converted a Wilson Palacios through-ball and then, after Paul Scharner had pulled one back, took advantage of another Lennon cross to complete a seven-minute hat- trick.
Lennon scored the fifth from Crouch's lay-off before Defoe got his fourth latching onto Vedran Corluka's pass.
He made it five after an Erik Edman error. Then substitute David Bentley whipped free-kick that cannoned off the woodwork and went in off goalkeeper Chris Kirkland.
Niko Kranjcar ensured Spurs matched the record Manchester United set by beating Ipswich Town 9-0 in 1995 with a finish off the bar in injury-time.
In Lancashire, Blackburn provided a tonic for their manager Sam Allardyce, who is awaiting heart surgery, by ending a run of 10 straight away defeats to leave Bolton mired in the relegation zone.
'He's obviously going to be watching,' said midfielder David Dunn. 'We all wish him all the best with his operation, but maybe he could stay away a little bit.'
Dunn got the opener just after the half-hour, floating a finish over Jussi Jaaskelainen from Jason Roberts's pass.
The game was settled 17 minutes from time after a welter of Blackburn pressure, as Sam Ricketts diverted Brett Emerton's cross- field ball past his own goalkeeper.
'It is a sticky period,' admitted Bolton manager Gary Megson.
'We've got to stick together, we've one or two issues with people who aren't in the team who aren't happy and we've got to make sure that doesn't bring us down from the inside.
'I don't think there's one player today who can say he's played well.'
Ricardo Fuller struck his first of the season after 73 minutes as Stoke City beat Portsmouth 1-0.
Pompey's Kevin Prince-Boateng had an eighth-minute penalty saved by Thomas Sorensen.
Portsmouth remain bottom of the table.
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