SPURS 3, Wanderers 1: WANDERERS bowed to the menace of Republic of Ireland goal star Robbie Keane in a hard-fought Premiership clash at White Hart Lane which saw them slump to the bottom of the Premiership after Charlton beat Middlesborough 1-0,

Keane, £7 million deadline day buy from Leeds, scored in the 58th and 74th minutes before Simon Davies finally secured the points with Spurs' third a minute from time.

But Glenn Hoddle's side had to work hard for their victory with Youri Djorkaeff putting Wanderers level with his third goal of the season on 63 minutes and the home fans having spells of frustration and fear.

Keane was a threat from start to finish but Wanderers defended stoutly and intelligently and when they were breached at the back, Jussi Jaaskelainen came to the rescue with excellent saves from Stephen Carr and Teddy Sheringham.

But there was no stopping Keane, who pounced on a Davies lay-off for his first and darted in at the near-post on a Gus Poyet pass for his second.

SPURS: Keller; Carr, Perry, Richards, Bunjevcevic, Davies, Redknapp, Freund, Etherington; Keane, Sheringham. Subs: Poyet for Etherington 70 mins. Not used; Hirschfeld, Doherty, Iversen, Acimovic.

WANDERERS: Jaaskelainen; Barness, Bergsson, Whitlow, Charlton; Nolan, Campo, Farrelly; Djorkaeff, Ricketts, Gardner. Subs: Okocha for Djorkaeff 74 mins, Holdsworth for Campo 76 mins. Not used: Frandsen, Armstrong, Poole.

Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset).

Attendance: 35,909.