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top news ON CLOUD NINE! Jermain Defoe scored five goals as Spurs climbed back into the top four by hammering Wigan 9-1 while Bolton beat Blackburn and Stoke saw off Portsmouth... more... FIVE FOR DEFOE AS SPURS HIT NINE A review of Sunday's action in the Barclays Premier League... more... football news CHANGE OF BOOTS SPURS DEFOE HART PLAYS DOWN JAMES INJURY TERRORS STRIKE LATE TO BEAT BHOYS MILAN EDGE SEVEN-GOAL THRILLER HIGUAIN NOTCHES REAL WINNER BAYERN DRAW NO COMFORT TO VAN GAAL LOREINT WIN; AUXERRE HIT TOP SPOT PSV AND AJAX KEEP PRESSURE ON TWENTE DUNDEE FIGHT BACK TO CLAIM CUP HOENESS REVEALS BLUES RIBERY BID MESSI MAKES FABREGAS PLEA DELANEY HITS BACK AT KEANE FERGIE TO SNUB JANUARY SALES GUNNERS KEEN TO TIE DOWN TRIO TORRES TO MISS MERSEYSIDE DERBY   Barclays Premier League Bolton 0 Blackburn 2   Half-time: 0-1   Stoke 1 Portsmouth 0   Half-time: 0-0   Tottenham 9 Wigan 1   Half-time: 1-0   Premiership Table Team P Goal Diff Pts Chelsea 13 25 33 Man Utd 13 14 28 Arsenal 12 21 25 Tottenham 13 14 25 Aston Villa 13 8 22 Man City 12 7 21 Liverpool 13 9 20 Sunderland 13 2 20 Stoke 13 -2 19 Burnley 13 -10 17 Blackburn 12 -9 16 Fulham 12 -1 15 Birmingham 13 -3 15 Everton 12 -5 15 Wigan 13 -17 14 Hull 13 -15 12 West Ham 13 -4 11 Bolton 12 -11 11 Wolverhampton 13 -14 10 Portsmouth 13 -9 7