Wednesday 30 March 2016 11:50, UK
Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe is determined to help former club Tottenham win the league by beating Leicester next week.
Sunderland take on the league leaders next Saturday desperate for three points to help their own relegation battle, but Defoe also has an eye on how a victory would affect the top of the table.
Spurs lie five points behind Leicester with seven games remaining and need Claudio Ranieri's side to slip up if they are to claim a first league title since 1961.
And Defoe, who scored 143 goals in two spells at Spurs before leaving in the summer of 2014, told Sunderland's official website: "Leicester are a great team. What they've done there this year is an unbelievable story.
"But I'd like to win that game - and then at the end of the season we're safe and Tottenham win the league."
Defoe has 12 goals in 26 games this season and believes his good form can secure Sunderland's Premier League status for another season.
"Five of our eight matches are at home and that's important. As players we've got to perform - it's as simple as that. It's a lot of pressure but the rewards are so big.
"On a personal note, I'd like to just keep scoring goals and help the club be back in the Premier League next season."
