Tottenham 2 – 3 Arsenal

Premier League leaders Arsenal survived a second-half scare at Tottenham to carry on for a 3-2 north London derby victory that cemented their place on the prime.

A 23-minute first-half blitz noticed the Gunners race right into a 3-0 lead by a Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg headed personal purpose, Bukayo Saka end and Kai Havertz header.

However with Arsenal in complete management, a Sixty fourth-minute howler by goalkeeper David Raya allowed Cristian Romero to tug one again.

An 87th-minute Heung-Min Son penalty then arrange a nervy end for the Gunners, who withstood Spurs’ late strain to carry on and transfer 4 factors away from Manchester Metropolis.

Tottenham, in the meantime, suffered a second consecutive defeat to fall seven factors behind fourth-placed Aston Villa in an additional blow to their hopes of Champions League qualification.

How Gunners beat fierce rivals to maintain title goals alive

Arsenal made the quick journey to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium stuffed with confidence after the midweek thrashing of London rivals Chelsea, however amid an electrical environment it was Spurs who made a vibrant begin

The Gunners, although, weathered the early strain to take the lead within the fifteenth minute when Hojbjerg headed into his personal web from Saka’s cross.

Spurs responded properly as Cristian Romero headed towards the put up 5 minutes later after which within the twenty second minute the house aspect thought that they had levelled when Micky Van de Ven hammered house, just for the purpose to be disallowed by VAR for a good offside name.

Spurs then had two penalty claims denied in fast succession within the twenty seventh minute as Dejan Kulusevski fell to a Leandro Trossard journey earlier than James Maddison went down underneath a Declan Rice deal with.

The house aspect’s frustrations have been instantly compounded as Arsenal launched a devastating counter-attack that noticed Havertz brilliantly pick Saka, who clinically completed low past Guglielmo Vicario.

Arsenal’s set-piece superiority then paid off once more as Rice’s nook was headed in by Havertz for the Gunners’ sixteenth nook purpose of the Premier League season – probably the most by a group in a single marketing campaign since West Brom underneath Tony Pulis in 2016-17 (16).

With Arsenal in complete management, Spurs pushed for a route again into the sport however captain Heung-Min Son fired over simply earlier than half-time as the house aspect didn’t have a shot heading in the right direction.

A wonderful Vicario save from Saka’s shut vary effort seven minutes into the second half prevented an Arsenal fourth.

Vicario’s reverse quantity Raya then handed Tottenham a route again into the sport as he handed straight to Romero who fired previous the embarrassed Spaniard.

Arsenal regarded to have seen off Spurs’ strain for a second till Rice kicked Ben Davies within the field and referee Michael Oliver was despatched to the pitchside monitor, the place he overturned his authentic determination to award the house aspect a penalty.

Son then powered house from the spot within the 87th minute to arrange a nervy end, which Arsenal dealt with properly to say a 3rd straight win and preserve alive their hopes of a primary Premier League title in 20 years.

What’s next?

Thursday 2nd Could 7:00pm


Kick off 7:30pm

Arsenal host Bournemouth on Could 4, kick-off 12.30pm, whereas Tottenham face a London derby towards Chelsea on Thursday, Could 2, reside on Sky Sports activities, kick-off 7.30pm.

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