Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal HIGHLIGHTS
A superb first-half display saw us record a first league
double over Tottenham Hotspur since 2013/14 and more importantly move us eight
points clear at the top of the Premier League. Things started perfectly when a
bizarre own goal from Hugo Lloris put us in front after just 14 minutes, and
that lead was doubled on 36 minutes when Martin Odegaard fired in from
long-range. We required some fine stops from Aaron Ramsdale to keep our lead
intact on either side of the break, but his heroics between the posts ensured
we claimed a first victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at the fourth
attempt, and our first success in the league at Spurs since 2014. The first
half was one that Gooners around the world would have savoured as we enjoyed
complete domination over our rivals, with the majority of the first 45 played
in and around their box. Eddie Nketiah had a good early chance when Gabriel
Martinelli pressured Hugo Lloris into a poor clearance and the ball was clipped
back into the striker, who watched it come down onto his foot before striking
but the Spurs keeper made the block. However the Frenchman wouldn’t be so lucky
on 14 minutes. A long ball from Thomas Partey released Bukayo Saka down the
right, but when he got into the box the angle was tight. That meant his
cross-shot should have been easily collected by Lloris, but instead he
inexplicably fumbled it beyond his own goalline to hand us the lead. Three
minutes later, that was in jeopardy when Ramsdale was forced to produce the
first of his excellent saves when he used his feet to deny Heung-min Son after
he was slipped in, but we kept pressing for a second and Lloris made a more
positive contribution when he did well to push away a long-range effort from
Odegaard. He was left clutching thin air soon after when Partey smashed a
volley from around 25 yards with tremendous power, which fizzed towards the top
corner but the post denied one of the great derby day goals. A two-goal lead
wouldn’t have flattered us at that point, and eventually it arrived on 36
minutes. As he had too often in the opening half, Odegaard was given too much
time and space to get a shot off, and his drive from outside the box flew into
the bottom corner to net his eighth goal of the season. We were indebted to
Ramsdale again though in first-half stoppage time when on a rare foray forward,
Harry Kane saw a clever header spin towards goal but his England international
colleague showed great reactions to push it away and maintain our healthy lead
going into the break. Unsurprisingly, Antonio Conte’s team came out fired up
and began causing us much more problems, and Kane again tested our number one
when he turned and fired goalwards, forcing Ramsdale into flying stop. Two
minutes later he was called into action again when Ryan Sessegnon scampered
down the left and got into a shooting position but Ramsdale got a toe to his
effort which was enough to deflect it past his far post, and Dejan Kulusevski
bent a shot just wide as the hosts pressed hard to get back into the contest.
With us in control of the scoreline, we didn’t venture forward as much as in
the opening half but there was a great chance for us to put extra gloss on the
win when Nketiah was put through one-on-one by Granit Xhaka but Lloris made
himself big to smother the chance, but two goals were enough to ensure the
north London bragging rights remained with all Gooners.
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