Five... Premier League wins to remember against Liverpool

Always one of the big games on the calendar, we've enjoyed some fantastic encounters against Liverpool at home over the years - here are five of our best wins against the Reds since the start of the Premier League in 1992/93...

31.10.92 - Spurs 2 Liverpool 0

Our first-ever Premier League encounter with Liverpool came 14 games into the inaugural season of the new competition back on Halloween in 1992, with a magnificent goal from Nayim the highlight of the afternoon. Both sides were going through a transitional stage and that was reflected in the league positions at the time, as we sat five places off the bottom and Liverpool just five places above us. While the visitors may have had the better of the first half, we scored the goals in the second period to take the points. The opener was magnificent, as Gary Mabbutt headed Neil Ruddock’s free-kick square to Nayim, whose dipping 25-yard volley flew over David James. And we wrapped things up when Nayim’s corner found Ruddock and he scored his first league goal for Spurs.

19.11.00 - Spurs 2 Liverpool 1

Ledley King made his Spurs debut as a substitute in a 3-2 defeat at Anfield in May 1999, but had only featured a further three times for us when he was selected to face the Reds again in November 2000. The Academy graduate was joined in the starting line-up by fellow youth product Alton Thelwell, who was making his professional debut and the pair both rose to the challenge on what was another great victory over the Merseysiders. Up against a formidable strike-force of Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler, the youngsters acquitted themselves well, even though Fowler did open the scoring after just 18 minutes. By half-time though, we were ahead, as Les Ferdinand and Tim Sherwood each scored and we held on during the second period for a fantastic victory.

01.11.08 - Spurs 2 Liverpool 1

Rock bottom of the Premier League at the time, confidence was in short supply here at Spurs when Liverpool arrived at White Hart Lane in November 2008. Harry Redknapp’s recent appointment had helped to lift the mood though and our dramatic 4-4 draw at Arsenal four days earlier was certainly a step in the right direction. But we feared the worst when Dirk Kuyt blasted home to give the visitors a third minute lead, assisted by a familiar face in Robbie Keane. Darren Bent sliced against his own post, Steven Gerrard hit the woodwork twice and Heurelho Gomes made a string of fine saves as Liverpool dominated. But, when Jamie Carragher headed into his own net on 70 minutes to level the scores, momentum swung our way and we completed an unlikely comeback when Bent crossed for Roman Pavlyuchenko to score a 90th-minute winner.

18.09.11 - Spurs 4 Liverpool 0

Having been hammered 1-5 at White Hart Lane by Manchester City in our opening home league game of 2011/12, it was with some trepidation that we welcomed Liverpool for our second Premier League game in N17. New signings Scott Parker and Emmanuel Adebayor made their home debuts for us and we made a dream start with the imperious Luka Modric scoring a stunning 25-yard curler on seven minutes. Our task was certainly helped by two red cards to Kenny Dalglish’s side, Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel receiving their marching orders either side of half-time. Jermain Defoe doubled our lead on 66 minutes, while Adebayor marked his home debut with a brace, his second coming with the last kick of the game.

22.10.17 - Spurs 4 Liverpool 1

Wembley Stadium hadn’t quite felt like home when we entertained Liverpool there in October 2017. Our temporary accommodation while this stunning arena was being built here in N17, we’d struggled to find our feet at the national stadium, losing to Chelsea, drawing with Burnley and Swansea and only just edging past Barnsley (League Cup) and Bournemouth with 1-0 wins. But this was the day it all changed as we blew Jurgen Klopp’s side away. Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son struck early, Mo Salah pulled one back but Dele Alli scored on the stroke of half-time to leave us in control. Kane’s second on 56 minutes completed the scoring and we only lost one other league game at Wembley that term, to champions-elect Manchester City in April.