Sheriff are shot down by Defoe
who swung over a Vertonghen nodded minutes.
Going in front hardly seemed to bother the 100- odd Spurs fans who made the trip but only greeted the fi rst goal with polite applause. Their side’s defending would have disconcerted them, though.
Only a desperate, full- length goalline clearance from Vlad Chiriches denied Luvannor Henrique after he rounded Lloris. And there were a couple more scares when Cadu’s effort was chalked off for offside before Ismail Isa curled just wide after breaching the visitors’ shaky backline.
Defoe’s fi rst chance to equal Chivers’ record came and went after a split- cross which in after 12
Jermain Defoe puts Spurs two up second delay as he latched onto Eriksen’s fi rst- half through- ball.
The pair linked up again just after half- time when Defoe fi red straight at Vjekoslav Tomic. He was just warming up.
After Aaron Lennon – making his fi rst start since the season’s opening day – struck the post at the end of a rare Spurs breakout and a fortunate Michael Dawson block denied Ricardinho, Defoe’s big moment arrived in the 75th minute.
Substitute Nacer Chadli ran across the box from the left and slipped the ball to Defoe, whose 25- yard shot took a slight defl ection to leave Tomic well beaten.
The Sherriff had been ruthlessly shot down and Defoe was closing in on history.