🎥 The best ever north London derby moments
Wednesday evening sees one of the highlights of the English football calendar.
Arsenal host Tottenham in the north London derby tonight with passions sure to be high between these two bitter rivals.
Not only are these two sworn enemies they also, invariably, produce brilliant games season after season after season.
With that in mind, here are our favourite moments from the recent past.
Lamela's wondergoal
💫 March's @PremierLeague Goal of the Month...
🇦🇷 ⚽️ @ErikLamela #THFC ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/bZkEWPTosk— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 2, 2021
We couldn't start this list without, arguably, the best goal not just from this game, but from any Premier League match of the modern era.
Nine-goal thriller
🗓 #OnThisDay in 2004...
⚪️ Naybet 37
🔴 Henry 45
🔴 Lauren 55
🔴 Vieira 60
⚪️ Defoe 61
🔴 Ljungberg 69
⚪️ King 74
🔴 Pires 81
⚪️ Kanoute 88
An unforgettable north London derby 😲 pic.twitter.com/Jsc70UZJVh— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 13, 2019
One of many NLDs in which goals rained down.
Rivalries aside
Rivalries aside. What a moment this was this afternoon.
💙 @BukayoSaka87 pic.twitter.com/sfObRqyGP8— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 8, 2021
A beautiful moment from the first derby post-EURO 2020 final in which Bukayo Saka missed the game-winning penalty for England against Italy.
Old but gold
1991. Gazza. Wembley. ⏪#OnThisDay Paul Gascoigne scored this iconic free-kick in the @EmiratesFACup against Arsenal 🎯 pic.twitter.com/b6Eb2p8wlk
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 14, 2023
An unforgettable moment from Paul Gascoigne in the 1991 FA Cup semi-final.
Big game Harry
"A classic derby goal from Harry Kane!"
Remember this one, @SpursOfficial fans? #GoalOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/qlmUZAB68v— Premier League (@premierleague) January 27, 2017
Harry Kane absolutely loved a goal in the derby and this was probably his best.
Shining bright
Derby day goals don't get much better than this!
👏 David Bentley 👏#NorthLondonDerby ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/ZCeSkyn7Un— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 31, 2019
David Bentley's talent shone very brightly for a very short period of time at Spurs, but at this point, the world really was his oyster.
A debut to remember
Danny Rose. White Hart Lane. North London derby.
You know the rest...#GoalOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/OmLdQN0Qm8— Premier League (@premierleague) December 1, 2019
19-year-old Danny Rose made his debut in the derby back in 2010 and never scored a better goal than that night at White Hart Lane.
The best ever?
Even by Thierry Henry's standards, this is very special 😍#GoalOfTheDay x @arsenal pic.twitter.com/zq9Hqkc0DP
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 18, 2022
Is this Thierry Henry striker the best ever in the derby?
Let us know your favourite north London derby memories in the comments.
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