5 of the best North London derbies of the Premier League era

4# Arsenal 2 - 3 Tottenham, 20/11/2010

Younes Kaboul was the hero in a rare derby win away from home for Tottenham in 2010

The St Totteringham's Day was canceled in 2017 when Spurs managed to finish above Arsenal in the league for the first time in 22 years. A while back it also took Tottenham a lot of time to beat their rivals away from home. A long wait ended in November 2010.

Harry Redknapp was still in charge of Tottenham back then and the team had their first ever Champions League season that year. It was the coming-out party for Gareth Bale. He passed the 10-goal mark for the first time in his career and he also helped turn around the first league derby of the season.

After Samir Nasri and Marouane Chamakh had given Arsenal a two-goal lead in the first half, Bale started a comeback which ended with Tottenham's first win at Arsenal in 17 years.

It was a hard-fought match that featured 36 fouls. Though, surprisingly there were only four yellow cards handed out by referee Phil Dowd and no reds. However, there was a controversial penalty, when Rafael van der Vaart's free-kick hit the arm of Cesc Fabregas.

The Dutchman cooly slotted in the penalty in the 67th minute and the point earned probably already tasted like a victory for the visitors. But there was still more to come.

Laurent Koscielny earned a yellow from a late tackle on Bale in the 86th minute, Van der Vaart made a perfect delivery into the box and Younes Kaboul headed in a late winner. Only a few minutes earlier Koscielny had wasted a glorious chance at the other end.

OTD 2010 Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur ?? Nasri 9?? Chamakh 27?? Bale 50?? Van Der Vaart 67?? Kaboul 85 ?pic.twitter.com/FyMV9pPZWr

— Spurs Nostalgia (@thfcnostalgia) November 20, 2016

In the reverse fixture, Tottenham also erased a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2. It was a good season for the North London derby.