Down the years, clashes between Chelsea and Tottenham have produced memorable encounters. The clubs face each other tonight in the first leg of League Cup semi-final, which promises to be an enthralling game.
When the two clubs met at the same stage of the competition 17 years ago, Tottenham overturned a 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge in the first leg with a devastating 5-1 display at White Hart Lane.
By sheer coincidence, Chelsea got their revenge in the FA Cup quarter-final, winning 4-0 away. The meetings didn’t stop there: three days later in the league Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink scored a hat-trick to condemn Tottenham to another 4-0 defeat. Left foot, right foot, header: the perfect hat-trick!
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