The team led by the Spaniard Mikel Arteta obtained an important victory against their traditional rival in a new edition of the London derby, a result which allows them to stand out from their escorts in the competition.
Arsenal picked up a big win this Sunday, after beating Tottenham Hotspur by two goals to nil as visitors in a new edition of the North London classic match corresponding to the date 20 of the English Premier League.
From the start of the first half, Arsenal imposed their conditions on the field of play and sought to open the account. In this direction, Edward Nketiah (7′) and Thomas Partey (11′) came close to opening the tricks but they failed to beat the keeper Hugo Lloris .
However, when the minute 14 , A cross from the right of Bukayo Saka had the complicity of the French goalkeeper for the owners of the house, who could not stop the shot and ended up sending the ball into his own goal, making it 1-0 for the Gunners. .
After the goal, the hosts attempted a response by Heung Min Son (18′) but the guardian Aaron Ramsdale He was careful to fend off the Korean’s shot. However, Arsenal kept the lead in arrivals: Martin Odegaard (22′) and again Thomas Partey (25′) had clear chances to stretch the numbers that would eventually happen in the 36th minute when a shot from distance by the Norwegian player himself overcame the resistance of Hugo Lloris, who could not avoid the score of 2-0 for the visit .
For their part, Tottenham had a last chance in the epilogue of the initial phase thanks to their striker Harry Kane (45+3′) but his shot is deflected by the Arsenal goalkeeper.
Consolidate the advantage
In addition, students of Italian Anthony Conte They went out on the field with the idea of getting the discount that would reinsert them into the fight. Thus came the approximations conducted by They leave Kulusevski (49′ and 56′), Kane (50′) and Ryan Sessegnon (52′), who unfortunately for their claims failed to convert into goal .
In the last minutes, the current leader of the competition manages to snatch the ball from his rival, who approaches the goal in the same way thanks to shots from Richarlison (82′) and Son (84′) ; however, the gunners were able to resist their opponent’s attacks and maintain control of the game, which allowed them to comfortably manage the epilogue of the engagement .
With this result, Arsenal added 47 points and remain sole leaders in the Premier League, building an 8-point advantage over goalkeeper Manchester City (39). , who fell this Saturday in the derby against Manchester United (third with 38 units). For its part, Tottenham remained in fifth place with 33 positive points.
the day after the championship scorer will receive Manchester United while Spurs will first visit City -in a duel pending date 7- then again they will be underdogs against Fulham.
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