The North London between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal lived up to its expectations in terms of drama, entertainment, frayed temper and more. But in the end it was the team from the red side of London that came out victorious following 0-1 victory.
Many people had predicted a victory for Spurs following the absence of Arsenal’s two key figures; Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice through to injury and suspension respectively. But it eventually proved them wrong as the Gunners showed enough character, composure and determination to emerge on top in the end.
Goal from Arsenal’s defender Gabriel Magalhaes in the 64th minutes that made all the difference in the game. Meanwhile, Arsenal have now recorded three (3) successive premiere league wins at Spurs, for the first time since 1988, in the North London derby.
Arsenal number one shoot stopper, David Raya did more than enough to keep Arsenal in the game especially in the first 20 minutes with saves from Dejan Kulusevski and others. His stats in the game are 5 saves, 4 saved shots from inside the box, 0.33 Goals prevented, 2 high claims, 1/1 successful runs out, 20/32 accurate passes, 8.3 Sofascore Rating.
And for Gabriel Magalhaes, his last six (6) premier league goals have all been scored through heading. And it is Mikel Arteta who has now guided Arsenal to three wins in a row at Tottenham’s ground with Tottenham 0-2 Arsenal, Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal and Tottenham 0-1 Arsenal.
While Spurs have now recorded just four (4) points in four games since the kickoff of the current Premier League season.