High Scoring Showdowns: Games with 10 goals or more in Premier League history

When Newcastle United went 5-0 up in 20 minutes against Tottenham Hotspur last Sunday, there was not a football fan in the world who couldn't see it going past ten goals.

Whilst most managers love to stay resolute and keep a clean sheet, there is nothing better for fans than a blockbuster game with a flurry of goals.

Since the Premier League's inaugural season in 1992, there have been six games in which ten or more goals have been scored in a single Premier League game.

Here are the six games in Premier League history with ten or more goals!

In Sir Alex Ferguson's last game as Manchester United manager, 'The Red Devils' looked to be giving him a perfect send-off at halftime, going in 3-1 up at the break.

Javier Hernandez and Robin Van Persie scored another two goals for United, but a superb hattrick from Romelu Lukaku and a goal from Youssuf Mulumbu spoiled the party, finishing the game 5-5.

Manchester United versus Arsenal has always been a historic fixture in English football. The most iconic matchup between the two clubs was in 2011 when United beat Arsenal 8-2.

Goals from Danny Welbeck and Ashley Young and a hattrick from Wayne Rooney gave Sir Alex one of the most magical moments in his career in one of his final games against Arsene Wenger.

Exactly five years to the day since Tottenham beat Reading 6-4, Arsenal repeated history with another ten-goal thriller, beating Alan Pardew's Newcastle 7-3.

Newcastle equalized three times during the game, but a hattrick from Theo Walcott, two goals from Olivier Giroud, and a goal each for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lukas Podolski were enough to see The Gunners secure an emphatic victory.

After going in 1-1 at the break, the game between Tottenham and Reading set a light in the second half, with eight goals being scored in the final 45 minutes.

Reading was 4-3 up in the contest, but goals from Jermaine Defoe, Steed Malbranque, and Dimitar Berbatov's fourth of the afternoon saw Tottenham seal the victory and sink Reading to even greater relegation worries.

Two years later, Spurs were back at it again, securing a 9-1 victory over Wigan Athletic in another ten-goal thriller at White Heart Lane.

Five goals from Jermaine Defoe, including a seven-minute hattrick, and goals from Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, David Bentley, and Niko Kranjcar helped seal the win in Tottenham's biggest top-flight victory.

The highest-scoring Premier League game in history was the eleven-goal thriller between Portsmouth and Reading, finishing 7-4 in the opening weeks of the 2007-2008 Premier League campaign.

With an own goal for each team, a Benjani hat trick, and six goals in the last 20 minutes, the game had it all and was a spectacle for neutral fans.