Moment in time | Robbie Keane on the emotion and legacy of his first Spurs hat-trick against Everton - 2003
He didn't know it at the time, but Robbie Keane's hat-trick in a dramatic 4-3 win against Everton on 12 January, 2003 would turn out to be a defining moment, on and off the pitch.
The goals were pure Robbie Keane.
The first, timing his run to meet Darren Anderton's pass, jinking past former Spur Espen Baardsen in the Everton goal and slotting home. The second, he turns away from a flying challenge from Joseph Yobo and drills into the bottom corner from 20 yards.
Then the third, the winner and pièce de résistance, latching onto a clearance misjudged by Alan Stubbs, racing into the area, nutmegging Yobo before dinking over Baardsen.
Each goal greeting by the cartwheel celebration - each celebration pointing to the corner of the West Stand...
Speaking to us with Everton back in N17 this weekend, 23 years after that treble, Robbie, who scored 122 in 306 games for us in two spells, 2002-2011, told us why it now means so much...
"It was a memorable game, my first hat-trick for Spurs. It meant a lot, and my dad (Robbie Snr) was there. It was the last time he watched me live. When you watch the goals I scored, I ran to the corner to celebrate where he was in the box watching the game. It's something that stands out now, because it was his final game.
"I also remember I had a terrible toothache. You know when you've got toothache and you can feel the cold air blowing through your tooth? It was just horrible. So, I scored the hat-trick, then went upstairs (to a lounge at the Lane) for the Man of the Match presentation, and I got the award from, God bless him, Martin Chivers. I remember I was in terrible, terrible pain. My family were there, my mum, my uncle as well, they went back home and I went straight to the dentist. I had to get my tooth taken out! It was memorable on the pitch and it was memorable off the pitch in different ways, but a special time, a special moment."
Asked if it was one of the most emotional moments in his illustrious career, Robbie explained: "When I think about it now... obviously, at the time, it wasn't, but now, yes it would be, because he was sick then, and then what happened after (Robbie's dad passed away in March, 2003)... looking back now, it definitely would be.
"Honestly, my dad was my biggest supporter. He loved everything about me being a football player and, you know, people recognising me and asking for photographs and autographs. He loved all that, you know. That's why I never refused a photograph or an autograph from anybody, whether I'm busy or not busy, because I always remember his face when people used to ask. He was the proudest person ever."