Defoe scores, Pavlyuchenko twice goal helped consolidate their position in the fourth remaining Champions League place.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS 3
- Defoe 45,
- Pavlyuchenko 55,
- Pavlyuchenko 85

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1
- Samba 80

**Tottenham strengthened their grip on fourth place in the Premier League with a comfortable win against Blackburn.

Spurs squandered plenty of chances before Jermain Defoe pounced, tapping-in at the back post after Vedran Corluka had flicked on from a corner.

In first half added time, Spurs squandered plenty of chances before Jermain Defoe pounced, tapping-in at the back post after Vedran Corluka had flicked on from a corner.

Ten minutes after the break Spurs doubled their lead with a swift counter-attack. Defoe laid the ball off to Pavlyuchenko on the right hand side of the box, who drilled his shot past Brown for his seventh goal in his last six games, 2-0 position.

A corner from the right was headed in by Rovers centre-back Christopher Samba who rose at the far post, towering above everyone and heading into the net to make it a nervy last 10 minutes for the home side.

Just when it looked like Blackburn could salvage a point from the game Pavlyuchenko grabbed his second goal of the afternoon with five minutes remaining and helped settle the nerves at White Hart Lane.

Bale played a teasing ball from the left across the face of the goal for the Russian to tap into an empty net.

A corner from the right was headed in by Rovers centre-back Christopher Samba who rose at the far post, towering above everyone and heading into the net to make it a nervy last 10 minutes for the home side.

Just when it looked like Blackburn could salvage a point from the game Pavlyuchenko grabbed his second goal of the afternoon with five minutes remaining and helped settle the nerves at White Hart Lane.

Bale played a teasing ball from the left across the face of the goal for the Russian to tap into an empty net.

Teams :

Tottenham Hotspur: Gomes, Sebastien Bassong, Michael Dawson, Wilson Palacios, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Vedran Corluka, Gareth Bale, Niko Kranjcar, Luka Modric (Eidur Gudjohnsen 89), Jermain Defoe (Peter Crouch 82), Roman Pavlyuchenko.

Blackburn Rovers: Paul Robinson (Jason Brown 26), Gael Givet (Franco Di Santo 74), Chritopher Samba, Pascal Chimbonda, Michel Salgado, Morten Gamst Pedersen, David Dunn, Steven N'zonzi, Martin Olsson, Brett Emerton (Keith Andrews 62 ), Nikola Kalinic.