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Tottenham 5 Wolves 2

Tottenham made it a miserable week in North London for Wolves as old boy Robbie Keane slammed home a hat-trick against his former side to beat the Midlanders 5-2 at White Hart Lane.

Freddie Kanoute, Paul Ince, Alex Rae and Stephane Dalmat also got on the scoresheet as Spurs ensured Dave Jones's men left the capital with a record that reads scored three and conceded ten from their last two games.

After continually bombarding the Wolves rearguard with crosses into the box, Spurs finally broke through with Keane netting hs first against his former side on 29 minutes.

Ledley King played a simple ball over the heart of the defence for the ex-Leeds star to pick his spot with a low left foot volley but the lead was to be short lived.

Mauricio Taricco was guilty of not dealing with the ball and Ince roamed forward to dispatch a low shot that gave Kasey Keller no chance a minute later.

Keane should have sent Spurs into half time with a lead after neat, intricate passing from Darren Anderton and Rohan Ricketts left the Irishman one-on-one with Michael Oakes but the ball bobbled just as he was about to strike and went out for a goal kick.

Wolves could also have gone into the break a goal to the good when Ince met Mark Kennedy's corner with a firm header but US international Keller was up to the task and Spurs eventually cleared the ball to safety.

Frenchman Kanoute justified his recall to the first team and added to his midweek Carling Cup goal with a header five minutes after the break, his eighth of the season.

Dean Sturridge took advantage of slack defending by Stephen Carr to test Keller, before the substitute turned provider to present Henri Camara with a chance that was easier to score from five yards out and sadly, for Wolves, the Senegalese star put his effort over after clipping the bar.

Keane finally killed the game off with two more goals when he cushioned a Paul Konchesky cross past Oakes, and slotted home from close range after Oakes had kept out Anderton's header.

Rae, as he did against Arsenal on Tuesday, scored a goal of little value ten minutes from time, before Dalmat, a second half replacement for Gus Poyet, rounded off the trouncing with the goal of the game cutting in from the right and letting fly with a left foot shot that gave Oakes no chance.