Anfield - goals galore in 63, Pat's penalty double, the Titanic and Harry's 100

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We've had some amazing moments and matches at Anfield - ahead of our latest trip to the red half of Merseyside, here are a few highlights - starting almost 63 years ago...

Goals galore | 1963

In an incredible Easter in 1963, the teams shared 16 goals in two games in three days! We were fighting for the title but suffered a blow at Anfield on Good Friday (12 April) when we flew into a 2-0 lead - Cliff Jones and Terry Dyson on target - only to lose 5-2. However, we turned it around in style on Easter Monday as Jimmy Greaves ran riot with four goals in a 7-2 win at the Lane! Cliff Jones recalls: "These were always great games. I remember we went up to Anfield on Easter Friday and we were 2-0 up at half-time. I thought to myself, 'we might have cracked it here' but we ended up getting stuffed 5-2! Jimmy Melia scored a hat-trick for Liverpool. On the Easter Monday they came down to White Hart Lane and we stuffed the 7-2! Jimmy Greaves scored four goals, he was just sensational. Bill Shankly was seen wandering around the car park in a complete daze and when one of the reporters approached him and said, 'Bill, 7-2 - any injuries' and he replied, 'no injuries lad, just a broken heart'. So Jimmy Greaves broke Bill Shankly's heart - and not many people did that!"

Pat's penalty double | 1973

Ten years later - on Grand National day - Pat Jennings produced heroics to save two penalties in a 1-1 draw at Anfield. Kevin Keegan and Tommy Smith were denied as legendary goalkeeper Pat kept title-chasing Liverpool at bay. However, despite making save after save, he was eventually beaten by a deflected shot from Keegan as it ended 1-1. Liverpool went on to win the title. Writing in his autobiography, Pat recalled his incredible display. "Liverpool were chasing the League Championship that season - as usual - and nobody gave Spurs much chance of avoiding defeat. But I had one of those days, the dream of every goalkeeper, when it seemed I could do no wrong. I was having a good season and, in fact, was voted as Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association at the end of it, and I've no doubt my double penalty save helped me win the award. Although those saves earned a great deal of publicity, it has to be admitted that neither was exactly in the super class. Kevin Keegan and Tommy Smith, who took the kicks, must both have been annoyed they didn't connect as cleanly as they intended. On each occasion I simply picked the right direction to go and stopped both shots without a great deal of bother. I made four or five saves better that morning which gave me considerably more satisfaction! It was one of my lucky days and the rest of the Spurs lads reckoned that if they could have found me a horse, I'd have won the Grand National. In fact, I didn't even back the winner!"

Fans of a certain vintage will know all about the stat thrown at the team every time we set off for Liverpool - up until the mid-1980s. 'Spurs haven't won at Anfield since the Titanic went down' was the phrase rammed down the throats of just about every Spurs side attempting to end that jinx. None of our great teams could do it - the 1951 title-winners lost 2-1 and after a gap of almost 10 years (1954-62) with the Reds out of the top flight, Bill Nicholson's great teams of the 1960s and early 1970s couldn't manage it. In the end, it was 16 March, 1985 - amazingly, the same date as our previous win back in 1912 - when the jinx was ended thanks Garth Crook's second half strike, following in after Bruce Grobbelaar saved Micky Hazard's volley.

Harry's hundred | 2018

In another amazing, all-action Anfield encounter, Harry Kane reached a special milestone with his 100th Premier League goal earning a 2-2 draw deep into injury time. Mo Salah opened the scoring after three minutes before Victor Wanyama levelled with 10 minutes remaining with his famous rocket from the edge of the box. Kane had the chance from the penalty spot to make it 2-1 with four minutes left, saved by Loris Karius and the tide looked to have completed turned when Salah struck again for 2-1 in the 91st minute. There was another twist though as we won a second spot-kick and, with 95 on the clock, Harry made no mistake for 2-2 - and his ton up!