Tottenham Hotspur swept to a thrilling 5-1 victory over Chelsea to reach the Worthington Cup final tonight, finally ending a 26-game winless run against their London rivals.
Spurs' reward for a 6-3 aggregate win, secured after a second-half sending off for Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, is a place in the final against Blackburn Rovers at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on February 24th.
Spurs were trailing 2-1 from their semi-final first leg at Stamford Bridge a fortnight ago and Steffen Iversen gave them a dream start after only two minutes with a close-range strike.
Tim Sherwood made it 2-0 in the 33rd minute, meeting Darren Anderton's corner with a first-time shot and skipper Teddy Sheringham smacked home the third in the 50th minute before Hasselbaink's dismissal.
Simon Davies and substitute Serhiy Rebrov completed the rout, while Chelsea substitute Mikael Forssell got their consolation goal in the 90th minute.
Spurs ended one of the longest winless streaks against another team in English soccer history, having not beaten Chelsea since 1990 at Stamford Bridge and since August 1987 at White Hart Lane.