Tottenham’s Greatest North London Derby Wins

Traditionally, the north London derby has not been particularly form to Tottenham Hotspur.

The tide has turned in latest instances, with Sunday’s 2-0 win their fifth derby in all competitions with out defeat. However over the piece, it has usually been Arsenal’s fixture.

Spells of dominance beneath George Graham and Arsene Wenger have seen Spurs go lengthy durations with out having the ability to lay a glove on their neighbours, dreading the following go to to the Highbury or the Emirates and the approaching doom that comes together with it.

The consequence of that, nonetheless, is that when the wins have come alongside, they’ve been oh so candy.

We have taken a glance again on the historical past of considered one of English soccer’s most well-known rivalries to give you among the finest Tottenham derby victories.

Spurs did not choose up a win over Arsenal in any of the 29 conferences both aspect of this one, stretching again to 1995 and ahead to…nicely, we’ll get to that later.

Suffice to say, although, that with such a poor report towards their dominant neighbours stepping into, this league victory at White Hart Lane was simply chef’s kiss for anybody of a Tottenham persuasion.

Curiously, it was former Gunners supervisor George Graham within the Spurs dugout, as Steffen Iversen and Tim Sherwood downed Arsene Wenger’s Gunners with an early double-salvo from which they’d not get better.

Arsenal’s derby dominance was nearly fading by 2010 as Harry Redknapp’s Spurs hit their peak, but it had nonetheless been 11 years – all the best way again to that one in ’99 – since they’d overwhelmed them within the Premier League.

However that every one modified because of a Gareth Bale masterclass.

After Danny Rose’s memorable debut strike put Spurs forward, the Welshman doubled their lead shortly after the half-time interval. Nicklas Bendtner replied for the Gunners, however Heurelho Gomes pulled off a goalkeeping masterclass to make sure Spurs secured three important factors en path to Champions League qualification.

Okay, so the Carabao Cup is not precisely the crown jewel of English soccer. However strive telling that to 2 fierce rivals drawn along with a semi-final place on the road.

Arsenal and Spurs kicked the ever-loving s**t out of one another on this encounter nevertheless it was Tottenham – because of some fantastic counter-attacking soccer – who emerged the winners.

Son Heung-min and Dele Alli had been the scorers at a depressing Emirates.

After breaking into the beginning XI and basically saving Mauricio Pochettino’s job, Harry Kane was breaking down each barrier in his path.

They known as him a tap-in service provider, a flat-track bully, ‘whose title is Harry Kane?’ was requested on Arsenal Fan TV earlier than their assembly in February 2015.

What occurred subsequent? Spurs got here from behind to win 2-1 late on, with Kane grabbing each. Clearly.

Anybody keep in mind Marouane Chamakh? Huge Moroccan lad? Very dodgy haircut?

He scored to place Arsenal 2-0 up with half an hour gone on this one and it was seeming just like the vocal visiting followers had been in for a protracted afternoon.

Little did they know they had been in for the most effective footballing experiences of their lives.

An astonishing second-half fight-back noticed Bale pull one again earlier than a Rafael van der Vaart penalty draw Spurs degree from the spot and heat issues up on a chilly November afternoon.

You’ll be able to solely think about the limbs that adopted Younes Kaboul’s eighty fifth minute winner.

It actually would not have been truthful of Arsenal to win the ultimate north London derby at White Hart Lane, wouldn’t it? Simply as nicely that they had the decency to not trouble turning up.

A fast one-two punch from Alli and Kane simply earlier than the hour mark put the sport to mattress as Spurs secured their first end above Arsenal for 22 years.

For a era of Spurs followers, that is the one. Till this level there have been 1000’s who couldn’t keep in mind Tottenham beating Arsenal – 1999 was the final time it had occurred in any competitors.

Heading into the second leg of this League Cup semi-final, then, even with the tie tightly poised, confidence wasn’t precisely excessive among the many Spurs devoted. However bloody hell, was it definitely worth the wait.

It was an absolute bloodbath as Jermaine Jenas, Robbie Keane, Aaron Lennon and even Steed Malbranque acquired in on the goalscoring act.

There is a sure degree of footballing distress you must have suffered from earlier than you’ll be able to correctly perceive how good this one would have felt. Sheer unadulterated magic.

Okay, 5-1 was good. However it wasn’t fairly 1991.

It was the final 12 months Spurs received actually something that wasn’t the League Cup, and it got here after a vastly memorably victory over their historic rivals – who had been on an absolute home tear on the time – at Wembley within the semi-final.

It was some Spurs workforce, too, with Gary Lineker and Paul Gascoigne combining to ensure the Gunners might hardly lay a glove on them.