Top 5 highest scoring London Derbies in the Premier League

Modified Sep 25, 2014 11:40 GMT

Arsenal's Theo Walcott scores his first goal against Tottenham Hotspur in their 5-2 win in th eNorth London Derby.

4. Chelsea 6-2 Crystal Palace (March 1998)

This was a match between Chelsea, a team in the top four, and Crystal Palace, a team struggling in the relegation zone. Neither Chelsea nor Palace had scored in a combined total of the previous 9 matches which is why it came as a shock when Palace scored in the 7th minute through Hermann Hreidarsson to take a 0-1 lead. But Gianluca Vialli scored twice in the first half along with Gianfranco Zola to give the Blues a 3-1 half time lead.

In the second half, Chelsea substitute Tore Andre Flo also scored a brace while Chelsea skipper Dennis Wise added a sixth. The score line was so humiliating that Palace manager Steve Coppell said, “We were 11 strangers tonight defensively.”

Marcus Bent also scored for Palace, not enough to even count as a small consolation goal, but definitely a goal that ensured that the match would make it to this list!

Edited by Staff Editor