Don’t fear Arsenal, Dr Tottenham will see you now and ease the ache, the nerves and that rising sense nervousness. The medication went down a deal with. Not only for Arsenal however, extra particularly additionally, for Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres. They may definitely really feel lots higher.
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Having chosen Arsenal over Spurs final summer season, Eze as soon as once more made the latter pay. Two extra targets settled Arsenal’s ailing Premier League title problem with one other two coming from one other participant whose kind and suitability has been questioned, Gyokeres.
The final time Eze scored for Arsenal? That will be the hat-trick he collected towards Spurs within the win by the identical emphatic on the Emirates final November. Remarkably it implies that 5 of Eze’s seven targets – in 37 appearances this season – have are available in simply two video games towards Spurs.
Much more remarkably these 5 targets imply Eze has scored as many for Arsenal in a north London derby within the Premier League as his hero Thierry Henry. Solely Robert Pires – with seven – and Emmanuel Adebayor – with six – have scored extra. Can he play you each week?
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Honest play to Mikel Arteta for restoring Eze to the beginning line-up, and in that quantity 10 position, with this victory extending Arsenal’s lead on the prime over Manchester Metropolis again to 5 factors. To place it in context, this was Arsenal’s largest league win at their north London rivals since 1978.
They’ve performed a recreation extra however something in need of a win would have piled on extra strain and – much more importantly – led to extra virtually existential soul-searching as they now have a uncommon, clear midweek earlier than their subsequent recreation at residence to Chelsea on Sunday.
As a substitute perhaps they – and Eze – can use this as a re-set for the run-in. Each will hope so whereas that’s precisely what Spurs had aimed for underneath their new interim head coach Igor Tudor.
There was definitely extra struggle, extra spirit however Spurs have been but once more undone by their very own errors and a few rank poor defending that sucked the air out of the stadium for them. They now sit uncomfortably simply 4 factors above the relegation locations.
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Full report back to comply with…
07:11pm
Mikel Arteta speaking to the BBC
“Actually glad, actually proud about how we approached the sport. The initiative and the standard we confirmed to come back right here and win the sport in the way in which that we did. That’s the great thing about soccer. Once you look again on the recreation towards Wolves, how did we draw that recreation from there? I used to be out with them day-after-day and I understand how a lot they need it. That is the Premier League, it should go all the way in which for positive. Ten video games within the Premier League is a good distance.
On Viktor Gyokeres:
“He was excellent right this moment, I believed. There have been glimmers of it each week however right this moment, I believed he was incredible.”
On Eberechi Eze:
“He had that perception and I’m actually proud of him. He’s actually making an attempt to mould and adapt into what we would like from him.”
07:10pm
Sky Sports activities crew on Eberechi Eze
07:05pm
Submit-match ideas of Tottenham boss Igor Tudor
“I’m unhappy as a result of we didn’t do sufficient. Arsenal have been significantly better. This time there was an excessive amount of hole between the 2 groups. Even the bodily issues we made to make 11 gamers [on the pitch] plus three [substitutes]. It’s good to point out and see this sort of crew [like Arsenal], to point out us the place we have to be. It reveals work and onerous, as a result of we battle in numerous issues. Psychologically we have to come out of this second, the one method is figure. Keep quiet, keep humble. And look sooner or later daily, rising and rising day-by-day and week. It’s too sturdy on this second.
“We have to work. There have been too many unhealthy habits prior to now. Every of us, every a part of the crew wants to have a look at ourselves, develop and be humble. It’s all about work. We have to run extra, work win duels and second balls. We put together this for 4 or 5 days, however they have been sooner. The gamers confirmed their ardour, they wished to run they usually wished to do. However we pressed excessive and don’t arrive and take the ball, they’re stronger, they’ve extra energy and vitality. They imagine extra, that’s the key ultimately. That’s it. Take the teachings.”
Igor Tudor’s tenure at Tottenham begins with a heavy defeat – Justin Setterfield/Getty Photographs
07:01pm
Micky van de Ven speaking to Sky Sports activities
“I feel Arsenal general was the higher crew. The primary half we have been nonetheless within the recreation, it was 1-1. Two minutes have they scored to make it 2-1 and after that it was actually troublesome. I feel perhaps typically within the press we might have accomplished a bit higher. We pressed them fairly excessive however Arsenal got here out of it a number of instances and it’s troublesome to come back again fast.
“Right this moment they have been simply the higher crew, they created far more than us. It’s a threat whenever you press up excessive and go man v man. If one man is just too late, you will be open. It’s the method you need to take care of it. However whenever you press excessive and win it, there are such a lot of probabilities to attain. However the reverse, once they come out, it’s a massive threat.”
On Igor Tudor’s first week:
“He has been on us all week. He tried to get his soccer in. We tried to work on it. It was his first week, he desires to assist us in each method. Now we have to work ahead and put together for Fulham.”
On if Tottenham are in a relegation struggle:
“We simply have to win the video games. Step-by-step we have to look, subsequent up is Fulham and that’s the most vital one for us.”
06:59pm
Tottenham’s subsequent 5 matches (all Premier League)
March 1: Fulham vs TottenhamMarch 5: Tottenham vs Crystal PalaceMarch 15: Liverpool vs TottenhamMarch 22: Tottenham vs Nottingham ForestApril 11: Sunderland vs Tottenham
That recreation on March 22 appears to be like fairly vital, with simply two factors at present separating Tottenham in sixteenth and Nottingham Forest in seventeenth. Tottenham may even be in Champions League last-16 motion subsequent month.
06:56pm
Submit-match ideas of Viktor Gyokeres
Was it his finest recreation for Arsenal?
“In some facets, it was an excellent one. In some others, I might have accomplished a number of bits higher. Powerful recreation however we confirmed significantly better issues on the pitch right this moment.”
On his first aim:
“We do this transfer a number of instances in coaching. I watched his [Eberechi Eze’s] targets towards them final time and tried to copy it a bit of bit. It’s a good aim.”
Viktor Gyokeres received Arsenal’s second and fourth targets right this moment – David Klein/Reuters
06:54pm
Eberechi Eze chatting with Sky Sports activities
“Right this moment it has labored out. We put in an excellent efficiency, we did what we would have liked to do right this moment which was the principle factor. We all know what we’re able to. We all know what we will do. We now have to play video games to dominate and win, we now have the gamers within the crew to do it. An vital win and efficiency.”
On Tottenham followers giving him grief:
“Quite a bit! That’s soccer, a part of the sport it’s comprehensible. I’ll simply hold doing what I’m doing and hold pushing. I attempt to rating each single recreation. It appears to work quite a bit towards Tottenham. It’s only a feeling you get.”
On his two finishes:
“They don’t seem to be easy! However I’m at all times making an attempt to get in these positions to search out the house, to be prepared and to work onerous to get these alternatives. It takes an extended method to go there.”
On Viktor Gyokeres:
“Vik was doing all of it recreation, you possibly can see his work ethic. He helps the crew not simply along with his targets however the effort he places in. It places gamers like me in one of the best positions and it helps lots. He has received his two targets right this moment which he deserves.”
Eberechi Eze has scored 5 league targets towards Tottenham this season – Mike Hewitt/Getty Photographs
06:51pm
How the highest is shaping up
06:49pm
Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports activities
06:47pm
Arsenal’s subsequent 5 video games
March 1: Arsenal vs Chelsea (Premier League)March 4: Brighton vs Arsenal (Premier League)March 7: Mansfield vs Arsenal (FA Cup)March 15: Arsenal vs Everton (Premier League)March 22: Arsenal vs Manchester Metropolis (League Cup last)
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Arsenal may even be in Champions League last-16 motion subsequent month, though the opponent and dates should not confirmed but.
06:45pm
Gary Neville on Sky Sports activities
06:43pm
This spherical of Premier League fixtures
Saturday:Aston Villa 1 Leeds 1Brentford 0 Brighton 2Chelsea 1 Burnley 1West Ham 0 Bournemouth 0Manchester Metropolis 2 Newcastle 1
Right this moment:Crystal Palace 1 Wolves 0Nottingham Forest 0 Liverpool 1Sunderland 1 Fulham 3Tottenham 1 Arsenal 4
Monday:Everton vs Manchester United 8pm
06:41pm
FT stats
Possession: Tottenham 39%-61% ArsenalShots: 6-20Shots on course: 5-7Corners: 2-5Touches in opposition field: 7-46
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Arsenal dominated the stats and dominated the sport.
06:37pm
Full time
There may be the ultimate whistle and, for the second time this season, Arsenal beat Tottenham 4-1 within the league. Doubles from Eze and Gyokeres have restored Arsenal’s five-point lead on the prime, though Manchester Metropolis do have the sport in hand.
Igor Tudor has numerous work to do with this Tottenham crew, who’re simply 4 factors above the relegation zone with 11 league video games left. By the point the ultimate whistle got here, loads of residence followers had already left.
06:33pm Key moments • Objectives
GOAL! Gyokeres’ second seals emphatic win for Arsenal
Arsenal are going to win each league north London derbies 4-1 this season. Odegaard feeds the move into Gyokeres, who drives into the Tottenham field. The Swede holds off Grey after which curls into the far nook.
06:31pm
90+2 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Tel clips in a cross from the left into the Arsenal field and Richarlison will get his head to it however his looping header is well caught by Raya.
06:30pm
90 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
There shall be seven added minutes.
06:29pm
89 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Saka has stayed down, having received his foot trapped underneath Simons as he fouled the Tottenham man. He’s going to get replaced by Madueke.
06:27pm
88 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
We’re heading for added time so how a lot will there be? Most likely 5 minutes.
06:26pm
86 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Bissouma is into the guide.
06:24pm
84 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Tottenham are inches away from getting a aim again. Spence will get the higher of Hincapie and drives the ball throughout the six-yard field. Richarlison’s intelligent flick appears to be like like it should roll throughout the road however Raya does brilliantly to scamper again and flick it away earlier than it crossed the road. A nervy ending would have been in retailer for Arsenal there had the ball crept over the road.
06:21pm
82 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Some Tottenham followers have seen sufficient and are heading for the exits. Just a little untimely to go away? You by no means know, though Tottenham do probably not appear like scoring.
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Tel is approaching for the hosts, changing Palhinha. An attacking change however is it too little too late?
06:18pm Evaluation
79 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Stat from Opta: solely Robert Pirès (7) and Emmanuel Adebayor (6) have extra Premier League targets for Arsenal towards Tottenham than Eberechi Eze (5).
06:18pm
78 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
The England boss Thomas Tuchel is in attendance this afternoon.
06:16pm
76 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Double change for Arsenal as Odegaard and Martinelli exchange Trossard and Eze, who will be unable to attain a second league hat-trick of the season towards Tottenham.
06:12pm
73 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Bieng two targets down, Tottenham are being compelled to come back out and attempt to get again on this recreation, which now means they’re very open and Arsenal will fancy including one other aim as areas open up for them.
06:11pm
71 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Likelihood for Saka as he cuts inside onto his most well-liked left foot and tries to beat Vicario at his close to put up however the effort hits the facet netting. Van de Ven made that far too straightforward for Saka to chop onto his left.
06:10pm
70 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
A little bit of house opens up for Trossard to take a shot from simply outdoors the Tottenham penalty space however his effort goes a bit of method broad.
06:07pm
68 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Noticed! A Thomas Frank doll within the Arsenal finish. Predictably, he’s been dressed up in Arsenal gear by whoever had it made. A bit merciless, but additionally fairly humorous. Frank’s obsession with Arsenal was a significant a part of the Dane’s downfall at Spurs.
Thomas Frank nonetheless on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium? – David Klein/Reuters
06:07pm
67 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Tottenham make their second change of the sport as Richarlison, again from harm, is on for Kolo Muani, who received Tottenham stage within the first half and felt aggrieved that he had a aim dominated out that will have introduced Tottenham stage once more simply after half-time.
06:05pm Evaluation
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66 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
That is, by a long way, Eberechi Eze’s finest recreation for Arsenal… and definitely his finest since their final recreation towards Spurs. 5 targets in two north London derbies in his debut season.
He did not kick on after the hat-trick within the final derby. This time he should use this as a springboard, relatively than a diving board.
06:05pm
65 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
That aim from Eze appears to have taken the stuffing out of Tottenham, who look down and out.
06:03pm
64 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
There shall be numerous debate after this recreation about Kolo Muani’s disallowed effort, which might have introduced Tottenham stage, after which minutes later Arsenal prolonged their lead.
06:02pm
62 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 3
Igor Tudor has introduced Solanke on for Gallagher within the aftermath of that Arsenal aim.
06:00pm Key moments • Objectives • Video
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GOAL! Eze’s second extends Arsenal’s lead
Is that the killer blow for Tottenham? Are Arsenal going to revive their five-point lead on the prime? First Saka is denied as van de Ven slides in to make the block however the ball involves Eze, who slots residence into an empty internet. Eze now has 5 league targets towards Tottenham this season.
05:59pm
59 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 2
Saka exchanges a neat one-two with Eze in and across the Tottenham field earlier than the previous has a shot saved by Vicario.
05:57pm
57 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 2
Vicario is far and wide from corners when Rice sends them in and Arsenal will fancy scoring from a nook.
05:56pm
56 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 2
Arsenal are making their first change of the sport as Mosquera replaces Timber.
05:54pm Key moments • Video
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54 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 2
Kolo Muani has the ball within the internet and Tottenham suppose they’ve an equaliser however the whistle has gone. Gallagher’s deflected cross from the precise comes into the field and Kolo Muani is adjudged to have pushed Gabriel, who goes over far too simply. Kolo Muani takes a contact earlier than ending however the aim is not going to rely. You possibly can put that underneath the class of “very smooth”.
05:51pm
51 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 2
That was a good likelihood for Eze to increase Arsenal’s lead. He will get the higher of Palhinha down Arsenal’s left with an excellent piece of talent and drives in direction of the penalty space. He skips inside Dragusin and will get his shot away however his effort is blocked by van de Ven.
05:46pm Key moments • Objectives
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GOAL! Gyokeres places Arsenal again in entrance
Arsenal’s dominance on this match is rewarded by a wonderful end from Gyokeres. The ball is performed inside from the precise by Timber into the trail of Gyokeres, who takes one contact simply outdoors the Tottenham field after which curls into the nook, beating Vicario.
Conceding targets from the sting of the realm has been an issue that has troubled Tottenham all season. They merely give gamers an excessive amount of time and house to shoot and that was the case once more with the Gyokeres aim.
There are lots of issues that Viktor Gyokeres can not do. His hold-up play when the ball goes lengthy to him, for instance, is usually very poor. However for all his flaws, there’s one factor of his recreation that can not be questioned: the facility he can generate along with his capturing. It’s a fabulously crisp strike.
05:45pm
46 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1
Tottenham have an opportunity contained in the opening minute of the second half as Simons shoots from the sting of the field and forces Raya into a good save to his proper. Simons was on the stretch as he shot however nonetheless made first rate contact on it.
05:44pm
Second half
That is an precise joke. One linesman had communication issues within the first half and now the beginning of the second half is delayed by the opposite linesman having issues. It’s farcical as they’ve had quarter-hour throughout half-time to ensure these points don’t occur. The followers are booing and rightly so. That is embarrassing for the Premier League.
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We’re lastly again underneath method on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, almost 20 minutes after the top of the primary half. No adjustments for both facet on the break.
05:34pm
Right this moment’s video games
Crystal Palace 1 Wolves 0 FTNottingham Forest 0 Liverpool 1 FT Sunderland 1 Fulham 3 FTTottenham 1 Arsenal 1 HT
05:28pm
HT stats
Possession: Tottenham 27%-73% ArsenalShots: 2-12Shots on course: 1-3Corners: 1-4Touches in opposition field: 1-29
Arsenal have dominated that half however the rating is stage at 1-1.
05:25pm
Half-time
The primary half is dropped at an finish and we’re all sq. at 1-1 on the break. Eze had given Arsenal a deserved lead however Kolo Muani equalised moments later after a giant error from Rice. Arsenal shall be dissatisfied that, regardless of their dominance, they aren’t forward.
05:20pm
45+4 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1
A ball is performed in behind the Arsenal defence and Kolo Muani goes down underneath a problem from Gabriel, who isn’t wanting on the ball and is aware of what he’s doing as he takes down Kolo Muani. Nothing is given and VAR doesn’t intervene however Gabriel is a fortunate man as had VAR intervened that would effectively have been a crimson card.
05:19pm Evaluation
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45+3 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1
In 2026 alone, Arsenal have made 4 massive errors resulting in targets for the opposition. Gabriel gave a aim to Bournemouth’s Evanilson, then Zubimendi did the identical for Manchester United’s Bryan Mbeumo. In opposition to Wolves on Wednesday, Raya and Gabriel tousled a easy clearance. And now Rice right here.
05:18pm
45+2 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1
Within the fast aftermath of Eze’s aim, the TV cameras picked up Rice telling his teammates to maintain their heads and keep targeted. Seconds later, Rice was at fault for Tottenham’s equaliser.
05:16pm
45 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1
Because of the prolonged and farcical delay early within the half with the communication down between linesman and referee, we could have eight minutes of added time on the finish of this primary half.
05:14pm
43 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1
It has been all Arsenal on this half; 74% possession, 10 pictures and 19 touches contained in the Tottenham penalty space. But the sport is stage, with Tottenham scoring from their solely contact within the Arsenal field.
05:12pm
40 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1
Trossard is inches away from placing Arsenal again in entrance as his effort from the precise facet of the field goes inches broad of the far put up through a small deflection.
05:10pm Evaluation
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38 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1
Kolo Muani had fun working with Igor Tudor at Juventus, scoring 5 targets in 11 video games underneath the Croatian. Perhaps that first Premier League aim for Spurs will spark an analogous run for the striker underneath Tudor once more.
05:09pm
37 minutes: Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1
Saka has a giant likelihood to revive Arsenal’s lead however the offside flag has gone up. Saka is performed in behind and has a one-on-one with Vicario however the Tottenham keeper denies the Arsenal captain. Replays then present that Saka was onside so that may be a large missed alternative.
05:05pm Key moments • Objectives • Video
GOAL! Kolo Muani equalises for Tottenham after Rice error
Arsenal’s lead didn’t final lengthy. Rice dithers on the ball deep inside his personal half and he ought to simply clear his line however is dispossessed by Kolo Muani. The Frenchman then drives into the Arsenal field and coolly slots residence previous Raya. A present from Arsenal however nice work out of possession after which end from Kolo Muani.
I can’t recall many (if any!) goal-costing errors by Declan Rice this season. That was so not like him. So lots of the targets Arsenal concede are the results of errors like that.
05:03pm Key moments • Objectives • Video
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GOAL! Eze places Arsenal in entrance
You can’t say that aim was not coming. Saka will get the higher of Sarr down Arsenal’s proper and drives into the field. He cuts it throughout to Eze, who takes one contact earlier than slotting residence previous Vicario. The primary contact regarded a contact unfastened from Eze however the second is high-quality as he hooks the ball into the online. Eze scored a hat-trick within the reverse fixture again in November and has his fourth league aim towards Tottenham this season. That’s his first shot on course within the league since that hat-trick.
05:01pm Evaluation
30 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Saliba, Gabriel and Timber have all made errors in possession prior to now couple of minutes. There’s not a lot signal of Spurs breaking down Arsenal with passing strikes, however they won’t want to try this if Arsenal proceed to provide them alternatives with sloppy passes.
05:00pm Evaluation
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29 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Some early backing for Tudor because the Tottenham followers sing ‘Igor Tudor’s white and blue military’. I’m undecided I ever heard Thomas Frank’s title sung by the Spurs supporters – definitely not in a complimentary method.
04:59pm
27 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Sarr intercepts a move from Timber and drives ahead by the Arsenal half. Timber they cynically brings Sarr down and understandably is booked. That’s the first yellow of the sport; the primary of many right this moment?
04:54pm
23 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Spence is incensed at a choice to award Arsenal a free-kick as he went shoulder-to-shoulder with Saka and outmuscled the Arsenal captain. Rice’s supply is headed away by van de Ven.
04:51pm
19 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Arsenal followers have a heart-in-mouth second as a unfastened ball almost falls for Gallagher all on his personal simply outdoors the Arsenal field however Raya is fast off the marks and will get out of his field shortly to make the clearance.
04:48pm Key moments
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17 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Arsenal are inches away from taking the lead. Saka’s nook from the precise goes all the way in which past the again put up, the place Gyokeres heads it again throughout aim. The ball involves Saliba, who heads in direction of aim from six yards out however his header goes simply broad.
Arsenal on prime within the early phases – Justin Setterfield/Getty Photographs
04:47pm
15 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
As they did almost 10 minutes in the past, Arsenal play a ball into that left channel, this time it’s Rice who finds the run of Gyokeres however Dragusin slides in with a well-timed problem to take the ball off Gyokeres.
04:44pm Evaluation
13 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Lastly, after 5 minutes of a delay, we’re able to get again going once more. Neville has described the delay as an “absolute joke”. That delay in all probability suited Tottenham, who have been on the ropes, whereas Arsenal have been dominating.
Totally maddening {that a} derby recreation, which is such an intense match performed in such an intense environment, is stopped for therefore lengthy due to technical points with the refereeing tools. Embarrassing for the Premier League.
04:43pm
11 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Gary Neville is shedding the plot and he’s spot on. There are greater than 60,000 individuals within the stadium and thousands and thousands watching around the globe but we now have now been delayed for 4 minutes. This can be a very unhealthy search for the Premier League; what did they do within the outdated days earlier than expertise?
04:41pm
10 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
That is fairly farcical actually as the sport has been halted because of the linesman on the far facet not with the ability to talk to the referee. We now have now been stopped for greater than two minutes. The sport actually might keep on while they kind out the expertise.
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Gary Neville has described it on Sky Sports activities as “absolute nonsense, an absolute shambles”.
Throughout a break in play, a chant of ‘we’ll all have a celebration when Sol Campbell dies’ from the south stand. It’s fairly unbelievable and disgusting that stuff like that also will get sung and nothing ever actually occurs about it. All people understands that Campbell decided that can make him unpopular at Tottenham endlessly extra, however singing about him dying is totally out of order.
04:40pm Evaluation
8 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Dominant begin by Arsenal, finishing 27 passes within the Spurs half throughout the first 5 minutes. Spurs, in contrast, accomplished zero in Arsenal’s half in that point. Not the fast begin the house followers would have wished.
04:39pm Key moments
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7 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Arsenal are throughout Tottenham and will, maybe ought to be forward. Gyokeres is performed in down the left channel and strikes into the Tottenham penalty space. He cuts inside Dragusin and shoots in direction of the far nook. It goes simply broad of the far put up and didn’t have sufficient whip on it to bend into the far nook.
04:38pm Evaluation
6 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Tudor has been fairly energetic on the touchline up to now. He’s been barking directions to his gamers and telling them the place to face and run. There was a pat on the again for Spence when he was close to the technical space.
04:37pm
5 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
What on earth is Vicario doing? He comes flying out of his field to get to a ball performed in behind the Tottenham defence forward of Saka. Vicario heads away however the ball involves Trossard close to midway. Vicario then races again in direction of his personal aim and Trossard performs a ball into the field. Vicario doesn’t catch it, van de Ven doesn’t take care of it however lastly Dragusin frantically clears. Tottenham are a bit of far and wide for the time being.
04:35pm
4 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
The primary likelihood of the sport falls to Gyokeres and Arsenal. Simons doesn’t monitor the overlapping run of Timber, who stands a cross up from the precise in direction of the again put up. Gyokeres meets the cross and heads again throughout aim however Dragusin is readily available to dam it.
04:33pm
2 minutes: Tottenham 0 Arsenal 0
Igor Tudor likes a again three and it seems that’s what he has gone for right this moment. Palhinha has needed to shift from his common midfield place again into defence. Tudor has additionally made the choice to begin Kolo Muani, with Solanke on the bench as is the returning Richarlison.
04:31pm
Kick-off
We’re underneath method on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. This recreation has large ramifications at each ends of the desk.
04:28pm Opinion
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Nervy Arsenal?
The Tottenham stadium announcer, Paul Coyte, simply received an enormous ovation for telling the house followers ‘they’re nervous as hell’ in relation to Arsenal. It’s probably not shocking that Spurs are actually leaning into the narrative of their North London rivals bottling the title.
04:27pm
Practically prepared for motion
Either side emerge from the tunnel and we’re simply moments away from kick-off on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Neither facet is definitely led out by their regular captains; Martin Odegaard is simply on the bench for Arsenal as he returns from harm while Cristian Romero remains to be suspended. Former Tottenham man Dele Alli is in attendance this afternoon, cheering on his former membership. Here’s a reminder of the groups:
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Tottenham: Vicario; Dragusin, Palhinha, Simons, Bissouma, Grey, Gallagher, Spence, Sarr, Van de Ven, Kolo Muani. Substitutes: Austin, Richarlison, Tel, Solanke, Souza, Olusesi, Williams-Barnett, Rowswell, Wilson.
Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Zubimendi, Rice, Eze; Saka, Gyokeres, Trossard. Substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Norgaard, Madueke, Martinelli, Odegaard, Jesus.
04:22pm Opinion
Constructive residence crowd?
It already feels extra upbeat contained in the Tottenham stadium. The house gamers received a giant cheer as they left the pitch after the warm-ups and it appears to be like like there shall be some type of fan show within the south stand.
04:20pm
Pre-match ideas of Mikel Arteta
“That is the type of recreation you wish to play as a child and a footballer in any nation. We have to like it, embrace it and go on the market with a function and intention to do what we now have to do to win the sport.
“Right this moment is a very powerful one. We now have been like this for seven months, then it will likely be the subsequent one once we conquer this one. Right this moment is an exquisite recreation to look at.
“There are specific patterns that his [Igor Tudor] crew have performed prior to now. We count on these issues, however let’s see how the sport develops.”
04:19pm
Igor Tudor chatting with Sky Sports activities
“I wish to see all of the issues we now have labored on this week. Braveness, to be courageous and to additionally play with a transparent concept. I’m positive that’s one thing we’ll see. We have to be courageous, however good and likewise perceive the second.
“We play for a win. In a short while it’s by no means straightforward. The gamers want instruction with what to do with the ball, it’s not straightforward. We have to begin in the precise method and never considering an excessive amount of in regards to the outcome, however considering how you can beat the crew.”
On Dominic Solanke beginning on the bench:
“He is without doubt one of the key gamers right here. He had this drawback, so that may be a cause he doesn’t begin.”
04:17pm
Slaven Bilic: Because of this my pal Igor Tudor will succeed at Tottenham
I used to be driving final Friday when the information broke that as their head coach till the top of the season.
We’re shut, we’re each Croatian, we’re each from Break up, we return a few years and so I referred to as him – and he was already on the airport. I then received a message from Sky Sports activities asking if I might do a Zoom name “as a result of him and folks don’t know him in England”. I used to be like “no, I don’t wish to get entangled” though, as I say, we’re actually, actually good buddies.
However then! Wow. On Saturday I learn a lot negativity. I received so irritated I referred to as the man at Sky Sports activities and stated “can I do it?” as a result of, for me, it was “wow, what a response”. It has been absolute, complete negativity about his appointment which has shocked me. It has been an excessive amount of. Far an excessive amount of.
So let me let you know a number of issues about him. He’s from my hometown, he performed for Hadjuk Break up then Juventus and was a prime, prime participant. Now he’s my favorite Croatian coach.
04:14pm
Pre-match ideas of Arsenal’s David Raya
“It’s a nice alternative to bounce again from a outcome we didn’t need, particularly in a north London derby. Be targeted on ourselves and figuring out what we will do on the pitch. We now have proven all through the season we will beat anyone. It isn’t the primary time this season we now have confronted a crew with a brand new supervisor. A brand new supervisor brings new vitality and new methods of taking part in. Proper from the off they will be very aggressive.”
04:10pm
Tottenham’s Archie Grey chatting with Sky Sports activities
“It has been an excellent week. We now have had numerous time between the final recreation and this recreation to organize. It’s about bringing the depth, onerous work and specializing in what we will do. Bringing the group into it’s the major factor. The gang goes to be unbelievable from the beginning; it’s about sustaining the strain.”
04:07pm
Sam Wallace: This can be a pivotal level in Arsenal historical past and it’s title or bust
Twenty years come April for the reason that final north London derby at Highbury, a tense and infrequently spiteful recreation which – for a number of days not less than – everybody was satisfied could be remembered for years.
However it was eclipsed by what got here on the finish of the season when Tottenham’s fourth-place push collapsed on the final day with the lasagne episode and Arsenal prevailed in fourth. would then lose the Champions League last, transfer into their new stadium and – slowly at first, then extra swiftly – the Arsène Wenger period would crumble over the last decade to come back.
As they face Spurs once more, at one other pivotal level in Arsenal’s historical past one is reminded how change can sneak up on a membership. The world was already totally different in 2005-06 with the pre-eminence of the Roman Abramovich period at Chelsea, and Abu Dhabi’s arrival at Manchester Metropolis to come back. The brand new stadium into which Arsenal moved that following summer season had been constructed in keeping with a set of projections that had been undermined in a single day by a brand new class of membership possession. However all that’s the previous – what of the longer term?
04:02pm
Arsenal’s final 5 outcomes
Wolves 2 Arsenal 2 (Premier League)Arsenal 4 Wigan 0 (FA Cup)Brentford 1 Arsenal 1 (Premier League)Arsenal 3 Sunderland 0 (Premier League)Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0 (League Cup)
03:59pm
Tottenham’s final 5 outcomes
Tottenham 1 Newcastle 2 (Premier League)Manchester United 2 Tottenham 0 (Premier League)Tottenham 2 Manchester Metropolis 2 (Premier League)Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Tottenham 2 (Champions League)Burnley 2 Tottenham 2 (Premier League)
03:57pm
Arsenal or Man Metropolis? Our consultants’ Premier League title race predictions
03:51pm Evaluation
Eze will get the nod
Mikel Arteta is usually described as a very analytical, borderline robotic supervisor. That argument has some advantage: he’s obsessive about information, percentages and chances.
However there are events when Arteta makes emotional selections, primarily based on intestine feeling alone. I believe this is likely to be the case with the inclusion of Eberechi Eze in his beginning lineup right this moment.
Eze has been on poor kind for some time now and has been struggling badly to make the type of influence anticipated of a £60m England worldwide. However that is Spurs, the crew Eze snubbed in the summertime after which scored a hat-trick towards in November (these have been his final targets for Arsenal). The information and kind suggests Eze ought to not be within the crew, however the vibes and narrative are on his facet.
03:47pm
Tottenham lose key sponsor at value of thousands and thousands
Tottenham Hotspur have misplaced a key sponsor value thousands and thousands to the membership as they resist the harm of a Premier League relegation struggle and lacking out on big-name gamers.
Telegraph Sport this week completely reported that are going through a monetary hit to the membership’s sponsorship offers that consultants predict will run into – no matter whether or not they’re relegated.
It will probably now be revealed that considered one of Tottenham’s long-standing key sponsors has already notified the membership that their partnership will stop in the summertime, with others deliberating whether or not to comply with swimsuit.
Telegraph Sport is aware of the identification of the well-known firm, however contract confidentiality has prevented it from being named. The deal is assumed to have been value thousands and thousands to Spurs over quite a lot of years, however discover of intention to stop the partnership is known to have been submitted on the finish of final yr.
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Hosts in the home
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Guests arriving
03:39pm
The totally different stops in Igor Tudor’s profession
03:35pm
Sam Dean: Arsenal are wobbling they usually solely have themselves in charge
What sort of title challenger reveals extra depth after the ultimate whistle than throughout the recreation? What sort of title challenger performs strolling soccer when holding on to a slender lead away from residence? What sort of title challenger permits themselves to be dragged all the way down to the extent of one of many worst groups in Premier League historical past?
For , the reply to these questions shall be virtually as ugly as this . This has been a wonderful season for Mikel Arteta’s facet, who stay within the hunt for 4 trophies, however this was essentially the most embarrassing and ugly night time of their marketing campaign. It could even be one of many worst showings of Arteta’s complete tenure.
It dropped at thoughts a well-known scene from Arsenal’s All or Nothing Amazon documentary, when Arteta unleashed his fury upon defender Nuno Tavares at half-time of a recreation at West Ham United in 2021-22. Screaming within the defender’s face, Arteta roared: “Do you wish to play within the Champions League? Do you wish to play within the f—— Champions League?”
03:28pm
Groups in full
Tottenham: Vicario; Dragusin, Palhinha, Simons, Bissouma, Grey, Gallagher, Spence, Sarr, Van de Ven, Kolo Muani. Substitutes: Austin, Richarlison, Tel, Solanke, Souza, Olusesi, Williams-Barnett, Rowswell, Wilson.
Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Zubimendi, Rice, Eze; Saka, Gyokeres, Trossard. Substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Norgaard, Madueke, Martinelli, Odegaard, Jesus.
03:24pm
Jamie Carragher: Tottenham happening could be English soccer’s largest embarrassment in 50 years
It’s typically stated {that a} membership are too massive, and even too good, to go down. Nobody is making that declare about .
The concern that prompted the top of Thomas Frank’s sad reign is justified. Watching Spurs, and evaluating their present kind to third-bottom West Ham United – a crew who lately received on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – warrants the suggestion they’re on the verge of disaster.
In the event that they drop into the Championship it could be essentially the most stunning descent of the Premier League period, and essentially the most embarrassing for a membership of such wealth and stature since Denis Legislation’s back-heel for Manchester Metropolis despatched Manchester United into the outdated Second Division in 1974.
Analysing the standard of the squad leads for the primary time on this weekend’s north London derby, the size of the problem is clear.
03:21pm
Bukayo Saka indicators new contract at Arsenal till 2030
“I’m feeling superb,” Saka stated. “I feel it’s a incredible second for my household and for me. I really feel immense pleasure to proceed my journey at this membership. For me, it was a straightforward dedication and I simply hope to win all the pieces right here.
“The journey that I’ve been on, from the place I began to the place I’m now, and the journey the crew has been on as effectively, is a particular one. I imagine the subsequent few years are going to be the years that we recover from the road, and we’re capable of win trophies and make historical past for this membership. We’re again the place we belong, preventing for all the pieces.”
03:16pm Key moments
Tottenham crew
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Arsenal crew
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03:11pm
This spherical of Premier League fixtures
Saturday:Aston Villa 1 Leeds 1Brentford 0 Brighton 2Chelsea 1 Burnley 1West Ham 0 Bournemouth 0Manchester Metropolis 2 Newcastle 1
Right this moment:Crystal Palace 0 Wolves 0 (51’)Sunderland 0 Fulham 0 (47’)Tottenham vs Arsenal 4.30pm
Monday:Everton vs Manchester United 8pm
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03:04pm Key moments
Rivalries renewed
The north London derby is at all times vital however this one might have massive ramifications at each ends of the desk. For the white facet of north London there’s a new man in cost as they give the impression of being to ease worries of relegation while for the crimson facet the strain is ramped up on their spot on the prime of the league, with their lead being lower final night time.
A brand new period at Tottenham begins with a north London derby as they host Arsenal. Following a 2-1 residence defeat to Newcastle almost two weeks in the past, Thomas Frank was sacked by Tottenham and changed by former Juventus supervisor Igor Tudor till the top of the season. Tudor takes over a crew that’s with no win of their final eight league video games and are the one facet with no Premier League win up to now in 2026. The Croatian has gone from Marseille to Lazio to Juventus and now stops in north London, even when it could solely find yourself being till the summer season. Talking forward of his first recreation in cost, Tudor was adamant Tottenham shall be within the Premier League subsequent season.
“100 per cent,” Tudor stated. “This isn’t vital. Combating for each place, relegation, first place, UEFA locations, you obtain the place due to what you do throughout the week and on Sunday [today]. It’s a consequence of this. It brings you nothing if you consider relegation.
Igor Tudor takes over a Tottenham facet in unhealthy kind – Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs
“All these targets are far-off. I by no means give them significance. I by no means talk about outcomes and what we wish to obtain on the finish of the season. I don’t imagine on this. I imagine in right this moment’s [Friday’s] coaching. That is all I would like the gamers to consider. The place is a consequence of this. 5 factors [above the relegation zone], 10, two, it’s the identical. We have to be targeted. Let’s deal with this and see what we will attain. Trying down or up brings you nothing.”
Arsenal squandered the prospect to increase their lead on the prime in midweek as they threw a 2-0 lead at Wolves to attract 2-2 after conceding a late equaliser. After Manchester Metropolis’s win towards Newcastle final night time, the hole between Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis has been lower to only two factors with the identical variety of video games performed.
“What I’ve seen is an incredible response [to their draw at Wolves on Wednesday] once more and I’m not shocked in any respect,” Mikel Arteta stated. “Once you lose factors with the final kick of the sport and in a really unpredictable method, no one can actually perceive that. However that is soccer and that’s the great thing about soccer.
Arsenal’s lead on the summit is simply two factors heading into right this moment’s north London derby – Dave Shopland/AP
“That was a chapter. We now have an extended season and chapter 27 says we drew towards Wolves on this method. What I’m inquisitive about is the subsequent one. What is that this crew manufactured from? What will we do about this and the way we write our personal future from right here and going ahead? That’s it. You need to react to it as a result of life strikes on and as unlucky because it was, there’s nothing we will do. Nonetheless, what we will do lots about is what occurs subsequent.”
Arteta is hopeful that Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz shall be match to return this afternoon.
When these sides met within the reverse fixture on the Emirates again in November, Arsenal claimed a thumping 4-1 win over their north London rivals due to an Eberechi Eze hat-trick. Arsenal have received on their final three league journeys to Tottenham and have received six of the final seven league conferences in totality.
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