ARSENAL beat North London rivals Tottenham 3-1 in their derby clash thanks to goals from Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bukayo Saka.
Heung-min Son pulled one back for Spurs but it was too late as Arsenal leaped above Tottenham in the Premier League table.
- RESULT: Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham
- Arsenal XI: 32 Ramsdale; 18 Tomiyasu, 4 White, 6 Gabriel, 3 Tierney; 5 Partey, 34 Xhaka; 7 Saka, 8 Odegaard, 10 Smith Rowe; 14 Aubameyang
- Tottenham XI: 1 Lloris; 25 Tanganga, 6 Sanchez, 15 Dier, 3 Reguilon; 28 Ndombele, 5 Hojbjerg, 20 Dele; 27 Lucas Moura, 10 Kane, 7 Son
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When is Arsenal vs Tottenham?
- Arsenal vs Tottenham takes place on Sunday, September 26 – TODAY.
- The match kicks off at 4.30pm.
- The Emirates Stadium plays host.
What TV channel and live stream is Arsenal vs Tottenham on?
Arsenal vs Tottenham will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event & Premier League.
Sky begin their coverage at 4pm.
GOODBYE
That’s all from us in North London, which is most certainly red this evening.
Today’s fixture felt a pivotal one for both Arsenal and Tottenham, and now – given the fickle nature of football and its fans – all seems well at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners suddenly have an exciting, balanced array of young talent, a captain that guarantees goals, and all being coached by a progressive manager.
On the flip side, Spurs are in disarray and Nuno Espirito Santo is already under pressure. Harry Kane is a busted flush and the midfield is a shambles (that last one is actually true).
Of course, these opinions can – and most likely will – quickly change so join us next week for more Premier League action and more kneejerk reaction. Until then, thank you for joining us and goodnight.
EMILE’S ALL SMILES
Emile Smith Rowe picked up his Man of the Match award at the end of an excellent afternoon’s work, and couldn’t contain his delight.
It’s probably the best day of my life. I’ve always dreamt about scoring for Arsenal against Tottenham. With my family here, it’s the best feeling ever.
Emile Smith Rowe
ON THE UP
After today’s victory, Arsenal will end the day above Tottenham for the first time in 11 months. The Gunners also find themselves in the top half for the first time this season.
EXCRUCIATING KANE
Harry Kane’s 250th Premier League game was one to forget.
The England captain is still without a goal in the competition this season, and looks an increasingly frustrated figure in the Tottenham forward line.
TABLES TURNED
Like the Toffees before them, Spurs have quickly found themselves in a sticky situation.
FT: ARSENAL 3-1 SPURS
There are scenes of jubilant celebration at the Emirates Stadium at the full time whistle, both in the stands and on the pitch. The delight is clear to see on the faces of Aaron Ramsdale, Bukayo Saka, Mikel Arteta, and even the club photographer, who gets a lingering embrace from the Arsenal manager. Spurs improved in the second half but could only muster Son Heung-min’s late strike in retaliation to a blistering first half showing from the Gunners. Tonight, North London is red.
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
ARSENAL WIN THE NORTH LONDON DERBY!ARSENAL 3-1 SPURS
90+3. Ramsdale’s reward is not one but two aggressive hugs from Ben White.
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90+2. Lucas Moura! Off the crossbar!
The Brazilian darts in from the right and unleashes a shot from outside the box that deflects off a defender and loops over Aaron Ramsdale to strike the goalframe.
The Gunners smuggle the ricochet behind for a corner, and then we’re treated to the real glory that is replay that shows Ramsdale getting fingertips on the ball in order to tip it on to the woodwork. What a save!
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90+1. He’s only been on a matter of minutes, but Lokonga goes into the book for a cynical foul on Gil.
Impressively efficient from the Belgian substitute.
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90. The board goes up for five minutes of stoppage time. It’s now or never for Spurs.
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87. Mikel Arteta makes a double substitution and it’s the end of the afternoon for the impressive pairing of Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka. They depart with two goals and two assists between them. If only we’d sent them off for the four balls yesterday evening.
On comes Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Nuno Tavares.
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85. The Xhaka injury in the aftermath of the goal did well to rob Spurs of any momentum, and now Tierney going down for treatment is doing the same thing.
It’s a rare sign of shrewd game management from the Gunners.
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83. Tierney tries to restore Arsenal’s three-goal advantage, but he’s way off with his belter from distance.
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81. Accidental as it was, Xhaka is in a lot of discomfort following that challenge from Lucas Moura.
In fact, he’s unable to continue and so Mikel Arteta opts to change him with Albert Sambi Lokonga.
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79. They couldn’t, could they?
Spur narrow the deficit with 11 minutes remaining as Son Heung-min converts Sergio Reguilon’s low centre from 15 yards. Aaron Ramsdale got a hand to the shot, but couldn’t keep it out.
There’s an immediate VAR review because Granit Xhaka was clearly taken out in the build-up to the goal by Lucas Moura, but replays show that it was a Thomas Partey foul on the Brazilian that took him bundling into the Arsenal man.
Those Tottenham fans remaining will hope for a miracle, but there’s surely more chance of Europe lifting the Ryder Cup this evening than the visitors claiming anything here.
GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!
SON HEUNG-MIN PULLS ONE BACK!!ARSENAL 3-0 SPURS
77. Gaps are beginning to form in the Spurs section of the Emirates Stadium. They’ve given up hope of rescuing anything here, and some have started to give up on their new boss.
The Arsenal fans don’t miss a trick either and serenade the Tottenham manager with “you’re getting sacked in the morning.”
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75. Xhaka has gone down with cramp. Saka has gone down with cramp. It’s been that kind of tireless performance from the Gunners.
My hand is pretty sore too.
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73. Although I shouldn’t include Bukayo Saka in surmising such nonsense.
The 20-year-old wants more goals, and almost brings a fourth single-handedly.
He makes his way down the right before cutting inside Sergio Reguilon and curling a low effort around Eric Dier. It requires Hugo Lloris to fling himself low to save.
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71. Inside the final 20 minutes, and it looks as though both teams may have settled for this scoreline.
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69. Tottenham’s final change brings Bryan Gil into the action. The young Spaniard is on for Tanguy Ndombele.
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68. Lloris slices a backpass straight out of play and immediately starts blaming his defence like all good captains should.
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66. Do you know who’s not loving it? Oliver Skipp.
The Spurs substitute unleashes a whole club’s frustration on Thomas Partey with a late tackle that does bring the game’s first caution.
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65. Ole! Ole! Ole! The home side are now playing keep ball and the home fans are loving it.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
