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'You can stop the ball, but that’s boring’ – 'In Focus' special with Dimitar Berbatov

By sheer coincidence, as we prepare to face Boro at the Lane on Saturday, ‘Berba’ was back at the Club this week, making his first visit to our world-class training facilities at Hotspur Way.

While he was here, Dimitar sat down with us to talk Spurs past and present and on reminding him of those two fantastic goals, he gave us a fascinating insight into just what was going through his mind when he dispatched both strikes.

On the first goal in a 2-1 win at the Lane on December 5, 2006, Berba recalled: “You need to anticipate.