sunlit1688 Arsenal were sharp and had the edge, winning 1-0 in the north London derby, while Tottenham Hotspur suffered with possession and more chances. sunlit1688

English Premier League Football

Spurs 0 – Arsenal 1

Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

The North London derby saw Spurs deploy their full attacking line led by Son Heung-min and new signing Dominic Solanke against Arsenal, who are missing their two main midfielders, Martin Odegaard is injured and Declan Rice is suspended, so Gabriel Martinelli was added as an attacking player. ( sunlit1688 )

The visitors’ best chance of the early game came in the 19th minute when Leandro Trossard passed to Gabriel Martinelli who broke into the penalty area from the left and took his own shot, curling a right-foot shot just wide of Guillermo Vicario.

While Spurs almost had a chance to steal the ball from Arsenal’s possession in their own half, Dominic Solanke wasted his expensive effort and did not have David Raya’s target.

In the second half, Arsenal took advantage of a corner kick to score a goal to lead 1-0 in the 64th minute. Bukayo Saka crossed from the right wing, Gabriel Magalles seized the opportunity to push Cristian Romero until there was space, and the Brazilian center-back managed to head the ball in alone with full force.

After conceding a goal, the home team seemed to lose a lot of morale and did not have many chances to equalize until in injury time, Dejan Kulusevski shot with his left foot from the edge of the box and it went over the bar.

Full-time: Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in north London derby

List of players from both teams

Spurs: Guillermo Vicario – Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Mickey van de Ven, Destiny Udogie – Rodrigo Bentancur, James Maddison – Brennan Johnson, Dejan Kulusevski, Son Heung-min – Dominic Solanke

Arsenal: David Raya – Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalles, Jurrien Timber – Thomas Partey, Jorginho – Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli – Kai Havertz