Premier League followers have been gifted with an early Christmas current on Sunday as Tottenham and Liverpool performed out a nine-goal thriller.
The Reds triumphed 6-3 in North London as Ange Postecoglou’s facet as soon as once more threw warning to the wind towards the free-flowing league leaders.
Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah each scored twice, with Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister on track as James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke netted for the hosts.
Solely six occasions has a Premier League sport had extra objectives in it for the reason that competitors’s inception in 1992. Right here is how these video games performed out.
Portsmouth 7-4 Studying (2007-08)
The best-scoring Premier League sport of all time was an 11-goal thriller between Portsmouth and Studying in September 2007 which ended 7-4.
The ‘Barclays’ period traditional, maybe equally remembered for Chris Kamara’s recounting of occasions on Soccer Saturday, noticed Benjani rating a hat-trick.
The likes of Hermann Hreidarsson, Niko Kranjcar, Dave Kiston, Stephen Hunt, Shane Lengthy and Sulley Muntari have been additionally on the scoresheet so as to add to the nostalgia of this fixture.
Tottenham 6-4 Studying (2007-08)
Studying have been on the fallacious finish of one other high-scorer a couple of months later throughout a go to to Tottenham, who even have a behavior of showing in goal-laden video games.
Postecoglou has this season summoned a lot of the spirit the Spurs facet of 2007-08, this sport in December 2007 one in every of a number of high-scoring video games they have been concerned in.
This one at White Hart Lane noticed Dimitar Berbatov notch 4 objectives, with Steed Malbranque and Jermain Defoe additionally on track.
Tottenham 9-1 Wigan (2009-10)
Tottenham’s second 10-goal sport throughout the area of a yr was far more one-sided as they put Wigan Athletic to the sword.
Peter Crouch scored the one purpose within the first half earlier than Defoe took centre-stage with 5, as Aaron Lennon, David Bentley and that man Kranjcar made one other look.
Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal (2011-12)
Manchester United’s 8-2 mauling of Arsenal stays probably the most iconic and surprising scorelines in Premier League historical past.
The pair are two of the nation’s most profitable groups and have served up some feisty affairs prior to now, however this encounter got here when the Gunners have been very a lot on the decline beneath Arsene Wenger.
Arsenal appeared helpless to cease United at Outdated Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick, together with two free-kicks, and Ashley Younger, Danny Welbeck, Nani and Park Ji-Sung additionally discovered the web. Arsenal additionally completed the sport with 10 males after Carl Jenkinson’s pink card.
Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle (2012-13)
One other 10-goal sport adopted for Arsenal however this time they have been on the fitting facet of it because of a Theo Walcott masterclass in December 2012.
The previous England winger scored a hat-trick and arrange two extra throughout an entertaining festive fixture in North London.
Newcastle had equalised 3 times in a 3-3 thriller earlier than the Gunners pulled away, with Alex Oxlade-Chamerlain, Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud the opposite scorers.
West Brom 5-5 Manchester United (2012-13)
Final of Sir Alex’s 1,491 video games in control of Man Utd was maybe his most weird as United performed out a 5-5 draw at West Brom.
Having already wrapped up the title, the Purple Devils – and certainly West Brom – determined to placed on a present.
United raced right into a 3-0 lead earlier than the Baggies introduced it again to 3-2 by James Morrison and Romelu Lukaku, just for Robin van Persie to encourage the hosts to go 5-2 up.
However simply when it appeared like Sir Alex would have fun yet another of his many wins, Lukaku’s double and Youssouf Mulumbu denied the Scottish nice a victorious farewell.