Hitting them for six - our biggest goalscoring days in the Premier League

Sunday’s stunning 6-1 win over Manchester United was the eighth time we have scored six or more in a Premier League game.

Leading 4-1 at half-time at Old Trafford through a Heung-Min Son brace as well as goals from Tanguy Ndombele and Harry Kane, we added numbers five and six after the restart with Serge Aurier getting in on the act before Harry wrapped it up from the spot with 11 minutes still to play.

So, on the back of that unforgettable goal-fest in the north west, we take a look at the seven other occasions we have hit teams by six or more goals in the competition...

Wimbledon 2-6 Spurs

May, 1998 – Selhurst Park

The 1997/98 season was tough, and the prospect of relegation was real in the final weeks of the campaign. But we picked up precious points against Coventry and Barnsley before a crucial 2-0 win over Newcastle United at White Hart Lane. With two games to go, we were three points clear; with another win and a few more goals to improve our goal difference, we knew we could secure our Premier League status - and that is exactly what we delivered in our penultimate match of the season.

Les Ferdinand opened the scoring on 18 minutes, only for Wimbledon to turn the game on its head by the half-hour mark. Enter Jurgen Klinsmann. Brought back to the Club to spearhead our attack in the second half of the season, the German legend delivered with four unanswered goals to take us out of reach, and, ultimately beat the drop. Moussa Saib wrapped up the scoring and we eventually finished 14th.

Spurs 7-2 Southampton

March, 2000 – White Hart Lane

After a run of scoring two goals in five matches in the Premier League, calamitous defending and some instinctive finishing saw us put seven past Southampton on a crazy afternoon at the Lane at the turn of the Millennium. We were actually 2-1 down just after the half-hour, but Darren Anderton levelled things up before a clinical finish from Chris Armstrong and an opportunistic long-range strike from Steffen Iversen put us 4-2 ahead at the break. Armstrong then cleverly dinked home for his second before Iversen completed his hat-trick in the final 12 minutes with two close-range finishes.

Spurs 6-4 Reading

December, 2007 – White Hart Lane

The tightest of scorelines on the list but a game that will forever be remembered as a Premier League classic. One of the highest scoring games in the competition’s history, the game was just as end-to-end as the final result suggests. We took the lead on seven minutes through Dimitar Berbatov before Reading equalised nine minutes later through Kalifa Cisse - from there, we wouldn't have the advantage again in the encounter until the 79^th-minute.

There were no more goals in the contest until after the break when Ivar Ingimarsson put the Royals into the lead for the first time on 53 minutes before ‘Berba’ then levelled it up 10 minutes later. Then, a spree of goals followed in the space of just 10 minutes. Dave Kitson fired home on 69 minutes, ‘Berba’ then completed his hat-trick four minutes later, Kitson reasserted his side's lead just 60 seconds later only for us to equalise once more on 76 minutes before we finally retook the lead on 79 minutes through Jermain Defoe. Already on a hat-trick, Berbatov then got his fourth with seven minutes remaining to wrap up an exhilarating day in north London.

Spurs 9-1 Wigan Athletic

November, 2009 – White Hart Lane

We enjoyed our biggest-ever victory in the Premier league as we put nine past Wigan Athletic on an extraordinary day that saw Jermain Defoe bag five goals at the Lane. Peter Crouch opened the scoring on nine minutes but, much like that goal-fest with Reading, for a game that would finish as an epic 10-goal thriller, there would be a significant dry spell of goals in the game - a thirst that would not be quenched until the 51st minute.

Defoe was the scorer before getting a second just three minutes later. Three more minutes passed before Paul Scharner pulled a goal back for the visitors yet ‘JD’, just 60 seconds later, restored our three-goal advantage as he completed his hat-trick. Aaron Lennon added the fifth before Defoe fired home the fourth and fifth of his personal tally. Then, in the final moments of the game, David Bentley gave us an eighth and Niko Kranjcar added the a ninth on an unforgettable day at the Lane.

Leicester City 1-6 Spurs

May, 2017 – King Power Stadium

We had to wait eight years until we next enjoyed a day of six-plus goals in the Premier League. In each of our previous high-scoring clashes in the competition, one of our players had taken home the matchball after firing home a hat-trick – and it was no different at the King Power.

Harry Kane was the man to deliver on this occasion as the striker lashed the ball home no less than four times in the East Midlands. The England captain opened the scoring on 25 minutes before Heung-Min Son doubled the lead to make it 2-0 at the break. Our hosts pulled one back through Ben Chilwell 14 minutes after the restart, but Kane quickly re-established our three-goal lead before Sonny got his second on 71 minutes. Late on, our number 10 added his third and fourth of the night to cap off a comprehensive triumph over the then-reigning league champions.

Hull City 1-7 Spurs

May, 2017 - KCOM Stadium

After waiting eight years to hit six-plus, we delivered two in three days! After putting Leicester to the sword, we travelled to Hull, and once again Harry packed his shooting boots as he grabbed another hat-trick to make it 35 goals in all competitions for the season.

Chasing the Golden Boot, our number 10 had the bit between his teeth that day and had us two up within 13 minutes before Dele Alli made it three before the break. Hull were  next on the scoresheet, pulling one back on 66 minutes through Sam Clucas, but that would prove just a consolation as Victor Wanyama, Harry with his third, Ben Davies and Toby Alderweireld made it a canter for us in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Everton 2-6 Spurs

December, 2018 – Goodison Park

Our most recent six-goal heist prior to Sunday’s triumph at Old Trafford came in the 2018/19 season against Everton. Despite falling behind at Goodison Park to Theo Walcott's goal on 21 minutes, we roared into life when confusion in the home side’s backline allowed Heung-Min Son to level the scores, looping in from a tight angle, before Dele and Harry Kane extended our lead just before the break.

We quickly made it four after the restart with Christian Eriksen volleying home. Former Spur Gylfi Sigurdsson made it 4-2, but just after the hour mark, Sonny showed great composure to make it 5-2 before Harry sealed the victory with 16 minutes remaining as he slid in to convert our South Korean star's first-time cross.