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- Updated: November 22, 2016
Jermain Defoe says surpassing former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler’s goalscoring record would be “special”.
Defoe, 34, scored his seventh league goal of the season in Sunderland’s 3-0 win over Hull City on Saturday, moving him onto 150 top-flights goals – now needing just 13 to move above Fowler on the all-time Premier League list.
Former Tottenham Hotspur striker Defoe managed 15 league goals last season, but admits he has eyes on Fowler’s landmark already, with Sunderland set to play Liverpool on Saturday.
“It would be nice,” Defoe told Sky Sports News HQ. “Someone like Robbie Fowler, in my opinion one of the most natural finishers that this country has produced. I remember his …
