Tottenham Spurs Put up Nine in Spectacular Performance

Fans live for nights like this. It was an enrapturing night which fans witnessed nine goals in one half alone.

As the whistle blew for half time, Spurs fans had no inkling that they would be in for a treat in the second half.

Starting with the lanky Crouch and the diminutive Defoe, Harry Redknapp hit all the right notes.

Lennon was irresistible on the right. He was in full flow, charging down the right flank and delivering pin-point crosses that left Kirkland befuddled.

Defoe was the star of the night, helping himself to five goals. As Lennon prodded Wigan's defence on the right, Defoe ensured that his colleague's hard work was justly rewarded.

In a mere seven minutes, he completed a devastating hat-trick.

It was a night where Spurs welcomed back their long term casualties. Dawson, Woodgate, and Peter Crouch finally got their rare first starts.

By doing away with the diamond formation, Redknapp reverted to a formation familiar to many Spurs fans—that of a big-small striker combination.

After a harrowing experience in mid-week, Keane was left out to recuperate on the bench. Crouch fitted in like a glove.

The newly minted 4-4-2 gave Kranjcar a chance to shine on the left.

Wigan, on the other hand, fielded a side which had dutifully delivered thus far.

But it all went awry in the second half, as the Wigan backline went AWOL and Kirkland was left alone to face a firing squad in the form of a rampant Spurs side.

I lost track of the number of times I saw Wigan defenders ball-watching.

With a backline that boasted experienced hands like Boyce, Edman, Bramble, and Melchiot, Wigan were surprisingly poor.

When Edman shockingly failed to control a routine long punt, I knew that Wigan were in for a hiding.

But take nothing away from this Spurs side. Not many teams in the EPL today can score nine goals. Even fewer teams will ever allow nine goals to sail pass them. 

Like the full sun eclipse and shooting stars, footballing Gods allow such freak results to happen only once in a blue moon.

Plundering nine goals pass Wigan does not make Spurs a top four team overnight. Similarly, a good thrashing away from home does not make Wigan relegation material in an instance.

In a long and hard season which still has about three quarters to go, one result changes nothing.

However, this will definitely be a night to savour for Spurs fans. For the skeptics, this is why football is the indisputable "beautiful game."