1 from 30 | Spurs v Chelsea
Our latest look back at a classic game from 30 years of the Premier League takes us to Wembley in November, 2018, and a special win against Chelsea...
Welcome back to our special feature for 2022/23 - 1 from 30 - as we continue to mark 30 years of the Premier League.
English football's new dawn kicked-off on the weekend of 15/16 August, 1992 as the FA Premier League replaced Barclays League Division One, ending a structure of Division One-Four that had been in place since 1958. Thirty years on, the Premier League is amongst the most watched and most valuable sporting leagues in the world.
In this series, we're featuring a match from those 30 years that corresponds with our next fixture - next up, Chelsea at home, and a memorable win at Wembley including a special goal in November, 2018...
Spurs 3-1 Chelsea - 24 November, 2018
A game that had a bit of everything for Spurs fans - a goal to remember from Heung-Min Son, history repeating itself for Harry Kane, back-to-back wins against Chelsea for the first time since 1987 and inflicting the Blues' first defeat of the season.
We came into the game in fourth place, a point behind Chelsea after 12 games of 2018/19, enjoying one of our best starts of the Premier League era. We'd won seven of our first 10, and had won six of our last seven as we stepped out at Wembley.
Dele gave us the perfect start by glancing home Christian Eriksen's free-kick on eight minutes. It wasn't long before Harry had us all reminiscing about one of his key career goals against Chelsea on New Year's Day, 2015, with a carbon copy, cutting in from the left, holding off Jorginho before firing home low from 30 yards.
Our dominance continued and Sonny was denied twice by Kepa Arrizabalaga before delivering one of the best goals of his Spurs career 10 minutes into the second half. Picking up the ball wide right, Sonny sped away from Jorginho and into the box, shifted past David Luiz and then stroked the ball past Arrizabalaga. We had 18 efforts at goal, nine of target and moved into third. We ended up fourth in a campaign eventually dominated by the UEFA Champions League, as we reached the final in Madrid.
Spurs: Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Foyth, Davies, Dier, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele (Winks), Son (Lamela), Kane.