‘DEFOE BROKE MY ARM’

CRAIG GORDON is out for revenge on Jermain Defoe after accusing the England striker of deliberately breaking his arm.

The Scotland keeper (right) suffered the horror injury during Sunderland’s defeat at Tottenham in November 2009 and needed three operations and a metal plate in his left arm. Gordon said: “Of course I know Defoe well. He broke my arm at White Hart Lane a few years ago, so you could definitely say there’s history there. “No, I wasn’t pleased with the challenge. I went out to dive at his feet, he kicked my arm – and broke it. Watch it and judge for yourselves. I’ve still got the metalwork in there from the three operations I needed to fix it, so it’s going to stick with you. It still hurts every now and again.

“To be fair, he tried to make contact after the game, but I wasn’t interested in speaking to him. It had a lot of impact on my career.”