defoe played his part in tottenham qualifying for the uefa champions league group stage, thanks to a controversial goal against young boys, where he appeared to use his arm before scoring the second goal of the match, which finished 4–0 to tottenham. he was injured in the beginning of september when he was on duty with england, he made his comeback in tottenham's 3–2 victory against arsenal in the north london derby. he won a header which started the attack in which gareth bale scored five minutes in the second half to begin the comeback from 2–0 down to a 3–2 victory.