Fri 10 July 2020, 15:05
Tottenham HotspurRafa van der Vaart loved the north London derby. He just seemed to tap into the rivalry from day one - and delivered.
The Dutch legend scored four goals in four derbies against Arsenal, including the equaliser as we came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at the Emirates in November, 2010 and the opener in the game below, a 2-1 win back in October, 2011.
Rafa told us: "When I came to Tottenham, the first thing everyone said was ‘we have to win against Arsenal’. Everyone explained the history and I thought ‘okay, we will see’ but when you play and the you win away, 2-0 down to win 3-2, then the 3-3 at home (he scored twice, April, 2011), it was just meant to be that I scored in these games. I loved them, unbelievable. They were great days at Tottenham."
Kyle Walker struck the winner with his first goal for the Club on 73 minutes after Aaron Ramsey levelled Rafa's strike at the start of the second half. It was another frantic north London affair - enjoy the highlights!
Spurs 2-1 Arsenal - the highlights
Match data
Spurs: Friedel, Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto, van der Vaart (Sandro 63), Modric, Parker (Corluka 90), Bale, Adebayor (Livermore 84), Defoe. Substitutes (not used): Cudicini, Bassong, Giovani, Pavlyuchenko.
Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna (Jenkinson 68), Mertesacker, Gibbs, Arteta, Walcott (Benayoun 72), Ramsey, Song, Coquelin, van Persie, Gervinho (Arshavin 77). Substitutes (not used): Fabianski, Santos, Frimpong, Park.
Goals: Spurs - van der Vaart 40, Walker 73. Arsenal - Ramsey 51.
Venue: White Hart Lane.
Attendance: 36,274.
Rafa's top three goals - #3!
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