Source: SKY_Sports
Redknapp hails Defoe brilliance
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes that Jermain Defoe is a match for any striker in the Premier League after his hat-trick against Hull.[LNB] The England front-man led the way with three brilliant goals but was ably supported by strikes from Wilson Palacios and Robbie Keane.[LNB]Redknapp paid tribute to his side's brilliant performance and rejected any suggestion that he looked on the fixture as an easy three points before the match.[LNB]"The way we played, the way we moved the ball, passed the ball, was top-draw," he told Sky Sports after the match.[LNB]"I saw them (Hull) on Saturday at Chelsea (and) I thought they were terrific. They worked Chelsea all the way and got beaten in the last minute, so it's not an easy place to come.[LNB]Difficult"They always give you a difficult game, in my opinion, but tonight we were very difficult to live with."[LNB]Defoe gave Spurs the lead with a clinical finish into the bottom corner, before producing two powerful efforts that flew past Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill and into the roof of the net.[LNB]The Spurs boss said that the performance was the result of some hard work in the gym combined with an incredible natural talent.[LNB]"Well he's just looked unplayable, he's been like that in every game," Redknapp added.[LNB]"He just looks so sharp, he's looked stronger than he has in the past. I've known him since he was 14-15 and this is the strongest I've seen him look.[LNB]"He's done a lot of work at the end of last season and pre-season and he looks powerful, he's holding the ball better when it gets played up to his feet.[LNB]"You can't knock him off the ball, he looks quicker and he's just got what he's always had; that ability to finish, he's just a marvellous finisher and at the moment he looks, without a doubt, in my opinion as good as any striker around, he's absolutely on fire."[LNB]
