Tottenham skipper Robbie Keane scored four times to defeat Burnley
at White Hart Lane and offer another reminder why Harry Redknapp
refuses to drop him for Peter Crouch.
Keane has started every Premier League game this season and despite
Crouch's midweek treble at Preston, he was given the nod again and
showed why he is so important to Spurs boss Redknapp.
The Republic of Ireland striker scored from the penalty spot before
splitting Burnley's defence in the build-up to Jermaine Jenas' second.
Two cool finishes in the second half meant the 29-year-old was taking
the matchball home with him, then his fourth squeezed through the
legs of goalkeeper Brian Jensen.
At least Redknapp has options in attack. Much of the talk before
this clash was about Crouch and whether Redknapp could leave out
a striker who performed so well three days earlier in the Carling
Cup win at Deepdale.
Redknapp went for Keane and Jermain Defoe, small strikers reliant
on pace and trickery rather than power and height. It was no surprise
they were the key men in the opener.
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