Tottenham 3 Watford 1:  Paul Robinson scored an extraordinary goal from his own half to embarrass his England rival Ben Foster in Tottenham's Premiership victory over Watford.

Robinson wheeled away in celebration after his free-kick bounced over Foster, the young goalkeeper on loan from Manchester United who has been putting pressure on his as England's first choice.

"That's why you're number one," sang the fans after his goal, remarkably the second of his career after netting for Leeds before arriving at Spurs.

Ironically, he had little to do aside from score the second after Jermaine Jenas had given Spurs the lead just before the break.

Foster was the one called into action more often and, after his monumental mis-judgement, he pulled off a stunning save to bravely deny Mido when he spilled Tom Huddlestone's tame effort.

Hossam Ghaly, however, added a third with five minutes left that Foster could do little about, with Darius Henderson grabbing a late consolation.

The clash was always billed as England's present against England's future goalkeepers, yet they had little to do in the opening exchanges.

Robinson's trickiest moment in the first half was controlling a back pass from Mido when the Egypt striker decided to head back to his own goal from the halfway line.

Watford were gifted their first chance to break the deadlock when Pascal Chimbonda's pass went straight to Tamas Priskin but the Hungarian's shot was blocked for a corner.

Chimbonda, however, helped Spurs grab the lead in the 41st minute.

The full-back's deep cross from the right was met by Jenas, who squeezed between Adrian Mariappa and Gareth Williams to steer his header beyond Foster. Defoe should have doubled the lead just before the break when he twisted his way past Lloyd Doyley and poked just wide, while Mido was inches from getting on the end of a Ghaly cross.

In the 63rd minute Malbranque was fouled by Hameur Bouazza. Taking the free-kick well into his own half, Robinson's set-piece bounced over Foster and in.

Robinson had been embarrassed by Gary Neville's back-pass while playing for England earlier in the season, but this time it was Foster who was left with a red face.

Still, he showed why his reputation is so high with his brave save from Mido and also tipping over Huddlestone's swerving effort.

Ghaly added the third with five minutes remaining with a cool finish from 12 yards out, while Henderson grabbed a consolation when he tapped in from close range.