Saturday 29 September 2001

Won

Spurs
3–5
Man Utd

Three down at half-time at White Hart Lane, United scored five after the break.

46′
Cole
58′
Blanc
72′
van Nistelrooy
76′
Verón
87′
Beckham
15′
Richards
25′
Ferdinand
45′
Ziege
0′HTFT
  1. 15' Dean Richards
  2. 25' Les Ferdinand
  3. 45' Christian Ziege
  4. 46' Andy Cole
  5. 58' Laurent Blanc
  6. 72' Ruud van Nistelrooy
  7. 76' Juan Sebastián Verón
  8. 87' David Beckham

Starting XI

9Cole10van Nistelrooy
4Verón8Butt↓ 40′18Scholes7Beckham
3Irwin↓ 46′5Johnsen6Blanc2Neville
1Barthez

4-4-2 — approximate shape; some positions inferred from career data, not this match

Substitutes

Verified from 30 cited sources and the canonical match record.