Spurs ended a 17-year wait for a win at the home of their arch-rivals yesterday when they fought back from 2-0 down at half-time to win 3-2 at the Emirates Stadium.

The victory was also Tottenham's first in 69 Barclays Premier League away matches against one of the so-called 'big four'.

Midfielder Jenas said: "I think it was important, because every time we went to Man United, Liverpool, (the record) just kept coming up.

"It is important we put that to bed now and I think it shows what we are made of - we have shown guts."

Asked if Arsenal lacked guts by surrendering their lead, the 27-year-old added: "All I will say on that - and I won't go so far as to say that - is that once we scored our first goal, we definitely felt like we could win the game.

"We sensed that within ourselves and within them.

"We all got a boost out of it and a lift and we all felt like we could go on to win the game.

"As soon as that goal went in, I looked around and I know what I felt like - it gave me a massive boost.

"It gave the whole team a lift and I felt like they dropped a little bit."

Arsenal's defeat was their third in seven home games in the league this season, a ratio virtually unprecedented since Arsene Wenger's arrival 14 years ago.

Jenas, who has been at Spurs for five years, said: "They are still a fantastic team but it was the first time I've come to the Emirates thinking we could win.

"The first half wasn't great for us but I still look around and feel we have the players who can do anything.

"We have got the creativity and the goals within us to do it."

The winner yesterday was headed in by defender Younes Kaboul, who could not have picked a better time to score the first goal of his second spell at Spurs.

"This goal is very special because it is against Arsenal," the Frenchman beamed.

"You only remember the winners; that is what we did and we are all happy."

No one more so than William Gallas, who had the last laugh on his return to Arsenal after being jeered throughout and snubbed during the pre-match handshake by former team-mate Samir Nasri.

Kaboul said: "William is an experienced player: he is very clever, very intelligent.

"It is normal in football that the other fans will boo him, but going over that, those people are cheap - they do not remember well what William did for Arsenal before.

"They should respect him for that. William won and that was the answer."