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 high.

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

However with Arsenal in whole 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 extra blow to their hopes of Champions League qualification.

How Gunners beat fierce rivals to maintain title desires alive

Arsenal made the brief journey to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium stuffed with confidence after the midweek thrashing of London rivals Chelsea, however amid an electrical ambiance it was Spurs who made a vivid 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 in opposition to the submit 5 minutes later after which within the twenty second minute the house aspect thought that they had levelled when Micky Van de Ven hammered residence, just for the objective to be disallowed by VAR for a decent 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 below a Declan Rice sort out.

The house aspect’s frustrations have been instantly compounded as Arsenal launched a devastating counter-attack that noticed Havertz brilliantly select 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 objective of the Premier League season – essentially the most by a crew in a single marketing campaign since West Brom below Tony Pulis in 2016-17 (16).

With Arsenal in whole 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 on track.

A fantastic 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 appeared 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 resolution to award the house aspect a penalty.

Son then powered residence 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.

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

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