Spurs striker Jermain Defoe has spoken about the ‘bite’ incident with West Ham’s Javier Mascherano.
The England international feels that it has ‘blown out of all proportion’ by the press but admits that it doesn’t look good when it’s seen on television.
Spurs won bragging rights for the match at White Hart Lane with Mido getting the only goal in a 1-0 win for Martin Jol’s side.
Defoe told the official Tottenham Hotspur website: ‘This has been blown out of all proportion. When the West Ham player fouled me I reacted in a bit of a mischievous way, my character is a little like that at times. The referee was standing right over me and if he felt I had done anything bad he would have sent me off.
‘The incident doesn’t look great on TV and I accept that as a role model to kids I have a responsibility to conduct myself in the right way which I always try to do on and off the pitch.’
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