Keane Hits Four as Spurs Romp Burnley

September 29, 2009

Robbie Keane sunk the Championship side with a quadruple after Spurs’ fantastic performance in mid-week. Harry had difficulties with his squad selection ahead of Saturday’s clash. After impressing the manager with scoring a hat-trick in midweek, Peter Crouch merely started on the bench. The same went for Huerelho Gomes, who played a fine game in goal midweek. Harry opted for the Keane-Defoe partnership up front and Carlo Cudicini in goal instead. New singing, Niko Kranjčar featured in the starting lineup for the first time since his arrival at the Lane and played the entire game.

It was a lovely day for football and a fantastic day for a Spurs win. Harry Redknapp’s men put together great passes and wonderful plays as they created chance after chance on goal. The first goal came as Bikey slipped up in the box and Jermaine Defoe went down, earning Spurs a penalty. The 17th minute marked the start of Keane’s goal tally of the day. Before half time, Jermain Jenas netted one as well, giving the home side a 2-0 lead.

In the 73rd minute, Keane netted two goals within three minutes, providing a nice 4-0 cushion. Harry was forced to sub off Jermaine Defoe because he was holding his hand as if he had sustained a few broken fingers. Peter Crouch then featured in the game. Michael Dawson and Gareth Bale saw their first action of the Premier League in the new season after returning from injuries. One last burst by Tottenham sealed the deal and Spurs were off with the three points.

Harry said after the match that, “Overall it was a good performance and I was well pleased. It’s been a great week for us.” Now, with five wins out of seven games and 15 points, Spurs sit in fourth. Harry also complemented Keane by saying, “He’s been a top player for us and still is,” and reported on Defoe, “He dislocated his fingers and they couldn’t get it back. He did it when he went through on goal and fell over. It was painful for him.”

Keane was ecstatic after the match as he had just scored his third hat-trick and first quadruple for the club. He expressed his happiness after the match by saying, “It’s the first time in my career I’ve scored four goals and it’s a great feeling. I’m delighted with that and hopefully there are a few more goals to come. All strikers are judged on scoring goals, I’m always pleased when I score goals and to score four was fantastic.”

Spurs next take on Bolton at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday.

Jill Guthrie

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