Jermain Defoe hat-trick repays Andre Villas-Boas's tactics against Maribor

It was Spurs who started the first half the brighter in their Group J encounter and Defoe made his side's pressure count when he converted from a Gareth Bale cross.But chaos at the back gave the visitors a simple equaliser, when goalkeeper Hugo Lloris failed to clear a wayward back-pass from Kyle Naughton, leaving Robert Beric to dispossess the Frenchman and prod the ball home.
The hosts began the second half as they did the first and Defoe found the back of the net again to restore his side's lead and bagged his third of the night 10 minutes from time.
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