Tottenham have been led to a 4-2 win over Blackburn Rovers by star winger Gareth Bale.
The Welshman scored a double as Spurs moved up to sixth as Blackburn remained 13th.
Bale kicked of proceedings when he headed home in the 16th minute and it should have been 2-0 save for Roman Pavlyuchenko's 32nd minute penalty miss.
But the Russian atoned for his error by heading home a Bale cross three minutes before the break.
Tottenham went three ahead when Peter Crouch tapped home in the 69th minute before Bale grabbed a second 15 minutes from time when he was able to slot home a pass from Alan Hutton.
The visitors hit back five minutes later through skipper Ryan Nelsen before Gael Givet made it 4-2 with a powerful 18-yard drive but it wasn't enough for the Lancashire club.
Tottenham Hotspur: 4 (Gareth Bale 16', 75', Roman Pavlyuchenko 52', Peter Crouch 69') Blackburn Rovers: 2 (Ryan Nelsen 80', Gael Givet 90')p>Venue: White Hart Lane, North London Crowd: 35,700 Referee: Andre Marriner Yellow cards:TH - Luka Modric 25', William Gallas 82' BR - Christopher Samba 55', El-Hadji Diouf 80'
Starting Line-Ups
Tottenham Heurelho Gomes (gk), Younes Kaboul, William Gallas, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Alan Hutton, Luka Modric, Jermaine Jenas, Gareth Bale, Rafael van der Vaart (Palacios 85'), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Sandro 89'), Peter Crouch
Subs - Carlo Cudicini (gk), Wilson Palacios (85'), Sandro (89'), David Bentley, Niko Kranjcar, Sebastien Bassong, Vedran Corluka
Blackburn Paul Robinson (gk), Ryan Nelsen, Gael Givet, Christopher Samba, Pascal Chimbonda, Míchel Salgado (E-H. Diouf 37'), Morten Gamst Pedersen (Dunn 63'), Phil Jones, David Hoilett, Brett Emerton, Nikola Kalinic (Roberts 46')
Subs - Mark Bunn (gk), El-Hadji Diouf (37'), Jason Roberts (46'), David Dunn (63'), Herold Goulon, Mame Biram Diouf, Grant Hanley
