It's just over 30 years since one of our deadliest striking duos delivered their defining performance in the FA Cup quarter-final at Anfield.
Jurgen Klinsmann and Teddy Sheringham were only together for the 1994/95 season, initially part of Ossie Ardiles' 'famous five' forward line, then under the leadership of Gerry Francis.
Teddy was already on his way to becoming a club legend - at the time of this tie - 11 March, 1995 - he'd scored 60 goals in 104 appearances in all competitions. Signed from Forest just one game into the inaugural Premier League season, 1992/93, he went onto win the Golden Boot in his first year at the Lane and eventually racked up 124 goals in 277 matches in Lilywhite.
Jurgen famously arrived from AS Monaco in the summer of 1994. He was already a World Cup winner with Germany in 1990, UEFA Cup winner with Inter in 1991, and one of the most recognised strikers in Europe. He would weigh in with 29 goals, a memorable season rewarded by being named the Footballer Writers' Association Footballer of the Year.
Both Jurgen and Teddy were such intelligent footballers, and it was no surprise they hit it off immediately - by the end of the season, they'd plundered 52 goals between them.
As a partnership, the peak arrived in that FA Cup quarter-final against Liverpool at Anfield.
Robbie Fowler headed the home side into the lead on 38 minutes. Teddy levelled just before half-time with a beauty, one of the best of his 124 in a Spurs shirt. David Howells played the ball up to Jurgen, who held off Neil Ruddock and Phil Babb before rolling into the path of Teddy, arriving from deep to curl the ball beyond David James into the top corner from 25 yards.
With two minutes left, the creative roles were reversed. This time, Darren Anderton won possession and played into Teddy, who produced the deftest of flicks into Jurgen's run from the left, and Jurgen made no mistake in front of the Kop to take us into the semi-finals. It was the first time we'd beaten Liverpool in the FA Cup, and Jurgen's - in tears at the final whistle - 23rd of the campaign.
Unfortunately, that was the end of Jurgen's FA Cup dream as we were beaten by Everton in the semi-final at Elland Road.
Jurgen: "It was a very special moment"
In a special interview with his captain, Gary Mabbutt, back in 2014, Jurgen recalled that special day at Anfield...
"When I grew up we had the English league on TV and when I was little, those were the great years of Liverpool. To play them at this famous stadium, Anfield, which has such a big name around the continent and then scoring that goal a minute before the end, winning the game... we'd never won a cup game at Anfield before. I will always remember the Liverpool fans clapping us off the pitch and that is fair play you can only expect in England. That was a first for me, unforgettable because I’d never played in a stadium away from home where you win and then the whole stadium rises and gives you a standing ovation. I thought, 'this isn’t real'. The nicest part came afterwards in the dressing room when the whole team sang me a song. It was very emotional. Perhaps we were too confident when we walked off at Anfield, but then Everton gave us a big wake-up call and those dreams were over. The FA Cup was a big lesson for me to understand what it really means to the English people. It was an exciting run, it came to a very disappointing end, but Anfield was a very special moment."
Teddy: "Defenders were thinking, 'this is Jurgen Klinsmann we're playing against'"
Teddy was a recent guest on our official Off The Shelf podcast, where he spoke about playing alongside Jurgen, the German's impact at the club and Anfield '95...
"Jurgen had just won the World Cup with Germany. He was a revelation. He could have come in, swanned around, showed us his World Cup medal and just said, 'look at me', but he was anything but that. He wanted to know everything about England, everything about Tottenham, the culture of the club, what we did after training, where we went, what we got up to. He was brilliant. He was so intuitive, and his enthusiasm rubbed off on everyone. You'd see him, blonde hair, bouncing into the channels and getting onto the ball, putting defenders under pressure, making them kick it out of play. Not every striker did that, but if you've seen a World Cup winner doing it, you want to do it as well. Then, on top of that, give him half a chance and he was just like, boom, 1-0, and bouncing away, big smile on his face. I loved playing with him. He was the focal point. Defenders were thinking, 'this is Jurgen Klinsmann we're playing against'. Anfield was a fantastic performance. I scored a lovely goal, which Jurgen set up, and then Jurgen scored a lovely goal where I set him up. David James was in goal for Liverpool, and he is huge, six foot six. Jurgen's laid it off, I thought to myself, 'this has got to be so precise for me to bend it'. I'm aiming for the inside of the post because I know Jamesy has got such long arms and diving ability that he'll get to it otherwise. I knew that it had to be so precise. I hit it as sweet as I did and it hit the inside of the post on the way in. We actually got applauded off by the Kop. I'd never had that before from opposition fans. We were sensational that day."