Defoe spent quite some time considering the magnitude of his achievements at White Hart Lane. Yet he put the five goals he scored in Tottenham’s 9-1 thrashing of Wigan in perspective by admitting: “I don’t think I’ve scored five even on my PlayStation.

He added: “I think I scored five in a youth team, years ago at West Ham. And I definitely scored four there against Aston Villa in the youth team.” [+]