Jermain Defoe scored five second-half goals as Tottenham humiliated Wigan to record their highest top-flight win.
It is the first time a team has scored nine in a Premier League fixture since Manchester United thrashed Ipswich 9-0 at Old Trafford in 1995.
Defoe becomes only the third player to score five in one Premier League match after Alan Shearer and Andy Cole – and his exploits cannot have harmed his England prospects.
The first three of Defoe’s goals came in a seven-minute burst shortly after the break – the second fastest hat-trick in the history of the Premier League. The quickest remains Robbie Fowler’s for Liverpool against Arsenal in 1994.
And although Defoe was clinical in front of goal, Lennon was exceptional on the right flank – and he left the field to a deserved standing ovation when he was replaced by David Bentley after 79 minutes.
Tottenham, who move level on points with third-placed Arsenal after their biggest win in 32 years, led 1-0 at the break but the visiting Latics, playing in their awful orange away strip, were simply blown away in the second half.
