An Emmanuel Adebayor penalty wasn’t enough to continue Tottenham’s unbeaten run as a Matthew Etherington brace was enough to down the North London side, who had Younes Kaboul sent off late on for a second bookable offence.
Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe all got themselves on the score-sheet as Tottenham recorded their tenth with in 11 matches against a Bolton Wanderers side who had Gary Cahill sent off after just 18 minutes.
Tottenham suffered a rare home defeat to Greek outfit PAOK and are now on the brink of exiting the Europa League.
A Jermain Defoe strike sandwiched in between an Emmanuel Adebayor brace was enough to see off a plucky West Bromwich Albion side, who took the lead courtesy of an early Youssouf Mulumbu header.
A first half Emmanuel Adebayor brace ensured Harry Redknapp endured a happy return to the Tottenham dug-out as the North London side leap-frogged Newcastle United into third in the league.
Brad Friedel was at his consistent best to hold off a spirited fight-back from Fulham as goals from Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe cancelled out Younes Kaboul’s own goal at the other end.
Despite a superb Carlo Cudicini performance in Russia, a youthful Tottenham side still fell to a defeat away at Rubin Kazan.
Gareth Bale struck either side of half-time to condemn QPR to a 3-1 defeat on a wet Sunday evening at White Hart Lane.
A Rafael Van der Vaart double either side of the break was enough to take all three points at Blackburn Rovers today, despite Tottenham spending the latter half of the game on the backfoot.
A stunning Roman Pavlyuchenko free-kick was was enough to see Spurs top of their Europa League group after a tight affair at White Hart Lane against Rubin Kazan.
