Woohoo! Spurs hit 5

Well thank God it was sunny and dry this time. John and I met up with Debs, Mick and Craig outside the ground, had a chat and a few laughs. Before going into the stadium I dragged John into the Spurs shop (the last chance before Christmas - wink wink) and picked a couple things for my stocking!

The game got off to its usual start with Spurs looking hung over, lazy and not particularly bothered! Our opponents Charlton are 2nd bottom of the league and it was really frustrating watching them make a meal of it all. However, the fans today were in full song and the place was electric!

It took until the half hour before the ball was stroked into the path of Berbatov inside the box for the first goal. It was just a couple of minutes later when a headed clearance from a Lennon cross fell in front of Tainio who drilled it home after a deflection off a Charlton defender. Spurs had well and truly woken up by this time and it was looking good, however after a bit of a 'mess' in the penalty area, Charlton got a one back from an own goal, courtesy of Michael Dawson on 41 minutes.

The second half started exactly like the first although they bucked their ideas up a bit quicker. A Tainio cross into the danger zone was headed down by Berbatov and Steed Malbranque controlled with his chest before steering left-footed past Carson and into the net. Steed headed off into the crowd to celebrate his first goal for the club and was promptly booked. Stupid rule if you ask me - get rid of it.

Defoe got in on the act on 62 minutes after Lennon won the ball in the middle of the pitch and set the striker on his way goalwards. Charging towards the right corner of the penalty area, he let fly and Carson was well beaten high inside his left-hand upright. On 65 minutes it really was party time! Berbatov went on the charge to the left of the area, beating two defenders on his way to slotting past Carson from a tight angle.

Berbatov was substituted on 75 minutes to a huge ovation - after a rocky start to the season, he is at last beginning to look worth his £11m transfer fee. Aaron Lennon also had a great game, his best for a while - he never stopped chasing and hassling the whole game, and had a direct hand in 3 of our goals.

Following the huge disappointment of last week's 3-0 defeat at Arsenal (don't get me started on referees!) this week has been great for the club: 3 points against Boro on Tuesday and 3 points today. Can't get any better than that and the Spurs soar up to 8th in the table.