Five... magic moments against Manchester United
Thu 27 April 2023, 09:15|Tottenham Hotspur
We've had many memorable home encounters with Manchester United over the years, and within those matches, moments we'll always remember.
Here are five of the best from 30 years of the Premier League...
New Year's Day, 1996
Spurs 4-1 Manchester United - 01.01.1996
United would go on to win the Premier League title for the third time in four years but we put them to the sword on New Year's Day, 1996 - United's biggest defeat of the 1995/96 campaign. We were flying at the time under Gerry Francis and had lost just two of 18 when United visited N17. United were second, we were fourth, Newcastle topped the table.
Teddy Sheringham opened the scoring from Chris Armstrong's cross on 35 minutes only for Andrew Cole to level within seconds. We weren't to be denied though. Sol Campbell volleyed home from the edge of the box for 2-1 at the break and within 20 minutes it was 4-1 and Armstrong buried two headers from assists from Ronny Rosenthal and Sheringham.
United won 12 of their last 15 matches to overhaul Newcastle to land title number three at the start of Sir Alex Ferguson's dynasty. We stumbled after that, and although we only lost one of our last seven, we eventually finished eighth, just two points off a European place and Villa in fourth.
Spurs: Walker, Austin, Campbell, Calderwood, Nethercott, Edinburgh, Caskey, Dumitrescu (McMahon), Rosenthal, Armstrong, Sheringham.
Carr's ping in the rain, 1999
Spurs 3-1 Manchester United - 23.10.1999
United clinched the treble in 1998/99 and were on course for their sixth title. A rare hiccup came at the Lane as Stephen Carr smashed home one of our best goals of the Premier League era to put the icing on the cake of a 3-1 win.
Ryan Giggs put the Reds 1-0 up but we responded well. Tim Sherwood flicked Oyvind Leonhardsen's corner into the path of Steffen Iversen to bundle home and we led at the break after Paul Scholes turned David Ginola's cross into his own net.
Rain had started pouring down when Carr, now one of the best right-backs around - he would be named in the PFA'S Team of the Year the next season - picked up the ball in his own half, carried for 30 yards and unleashed an unstoppable shot from 30 yards into the top corner.
Carr scored another goal to remember on the final day of the season as we finished 10th. United won the title by 18 points.
Spurs: Walker, Carr, Campbell, Young (Vega), Taricco, Sherwood, Freund, Leonhardsen, Ginola, Fox (Piercy), Iversen.
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Three goals in seven minutes, 2016
Spurs 3-0 Manchester United - 10.04.2016
After a slow start, we'd climbed all season in 2015/16 and a run of six wins at the turn of the year moved us up to second, as we tried to haul in leaders Leicester City.
We were on another fine run when United came to town on 10 April. In a dominant performance, United had just one shot on target, Hugo Lloris denying Anthony Martial on 62 minutes. It was still goalless at that point, but once Dele broke the deadlock, we went into overdrive.
Dele latched onto Christian Eriksen's pass for the opener on 70 minutes. Toby Alderweireld headed home Erik Lamela's free-kick four minutes later and it was all over when Lamela stroked home Danny Rose's cross with 76 minutes on the clock.
We toppled Stoke 4-0 a week later to move within five points of Leicester with four matches remaining. That's as close as we got all season as the Foxes wrapped up the title after our 2-2 draw at Chelsea two weeks later.
Spurs: Lloris, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dembele, Dier, Lamela (Chadli), Dele (Mason), Eriksen, Kane (Son).
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The Finale, 2017
Spurs 2-1 Manchester United - 14.05.2017
A year after that three-goal blast, a special day in the Club's history, as we said goodbye to our famous old stadium, White Hart Lane.
The performance was fitting for the occasion, as was the Club's final goalscorer at the Lane, Harry Kane, whose close-range finish from Christian Eriksen's free-kick secured victory and ensured we completed the final season unbeaten at home.
Victor Wanyama put any nerves to bed early with a towering header from Ben Davies' cross for 1-0 after eight minutes. David de Gea kept us at bay for the rest of the half but we didn't have to wait long in the second half for 2-0, Kane meeting Eriksen's free-kick on 48 minutes.
Wayne Rooney pulled a goal back but it was our day and as our legends were paraded for one last time at the stadium they graced, a rainbow appeared over the East Stand. It was meant to be.
We went on to finish second with a Club record points haul of 86, and Kane clinched a second Golden Boot with eight goals in his final three games in the last week of the season as we followed us this win with a 6-1 victory at Leicester and 7-1 mauling of Hull City.
Spurs: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Davies, Dier, Wanyama, Eriksen (Nkoudou), Dele, Son (Dembele), Kane.
Eriksen in 10.5 seconds, 2018
Spurs 2-0 Manchester United - 31.01.2018
A night records were almost broken at Wembley as a big win in another unbeaten run propelled us towards the top four again in January, 2018.
This one will be remembered for Christian Eriksen's opening goal clocked at 10.54 seconds, just behind Ledley King's Club record of 9.82 seconds and now fourth fastest of all time in the Premier League. Shane Long's strike for Southampton against Watford tops the list on 7.69 seconds.
The game was also played in front of a crowd of 81,978, which was our record home league attendance at the time, soon toppled by the 83,222 who saw us beat Arsenal a month later.
More importantly, this was a key win. United were only out of the top two once all season, we'd slipped to seventh with a 4-1 loss at City in December, 2017. We were back on a run that would stretch to 11 wins in 14 and take us back up to third, where we'd finish. An own goal from Phil Jones on 28 minutes secured the 2-0 victory.
Spurs: Lloris, Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Son (Lamela), Dembele (Wanyama), Dier, Dele (Sissoko), Eriksen, Kane.