defoe scored five goals at white hart lane in a 9–1 thrashing of wigan on 22 november 2009. this included the second-fastest hat-trick in premier league history, which was scored in seven minutes. in doing so, defoe became only the third player to score five goals in one premier league match, after alan shearer and andy cole. dimitar berbatov and sergio agüero have subsequently equalled this feat. after the match, harry redknapp further asserted his belief that defoe would go on to be the premier league's top scorer in 2009–10. redknapp later said that although wayne rooney is the best all-round attacking player, defoe is the best finisher in england and should be a regular for the english national team. on 3 february, defoe claimed his third hat-trick of the season in an fa cup fourth-round replay against leeds united at elland road, with spurs winning 3–1. his rich vein of form continued on 21 february with another goal in the premier league, against wigan. defoe's next goal was a penalty in tottenham's win against chelsea, which itself followed a famous 2–1 win over arsenal. this took his tally to 24 goals for the season.