Tottenham Hotspur 0 – 1 Arsenal – Match Report

Gabi grabs the aim

The start of the second half started a lot in the identical method, however we have been wanting harmful as we attacked the ultimate third, though our last cross at instances was letting us down.

However we saved knocking, and on 64 minutes the standard got here to the fore. A swift counter-attack noticed us win a nook, and Bukayo Saka whipped a devilish ball proper into the six-yard field, the place Gabriel escaped Romero’s marking and powerfully dispatched a header previous a helpless Vicario to ship the travelling supporters wild.

Spurs supplied little comeback to that setback and Raya was barely troubled all through the rest of the sport, as possibilities dried up. With 10 minutes to go Raheem Sterling was launched from the bench for his Gunners debut, whereas Ethan Nwaneri was additionally added to the fray late on as he obtained to pattern a style of the derby for the primary time.

Hearts have been in mouths when Kulusevski let fly from 25 yards in stoppage time however his shot screeched simply over the crossbar, and meant we received for the sixth league sport on the highway in a row, have received 10 of our 11 away video games and saved a ninth clear sheet because the derby day delight was once more our Gooners’.

Info and stats

We now have received six consecutive Premier League away video games for the primary time since March-September 2013, after we received eight in a row beneath Arsene Wenger.

We now have received half of their Premier League away video games towards Tottenham beneath Mikel Arteta (50% – 3/6). Certainly, that is now only one victory fewer than we managed in 22 away video games towards them within the competitors beneath Wenger (4/22 – D11 L7).

Spurs have received simply 4 factors within the Premier League to date this season (W1 D1 L2), their fewest by their opening 4 matches of a marketing campaign since 2015/16.

Three of our final 4 Premier League targets towards rivals Tottenham have been from corners – solely three of their earlier 88 north London derby league targets had been from corners earlier than this.

For the reason that begin of final season, we have now scored extra targets from set items (excluding penalties) than some other staff within the Premier League (23). In the meantime, of groups concerned in each the 2023/24 and 2024/25 campaigns, solely Nottingham Forest (23) have conceded extra set-piece targets than Spurs (18, excl. pens).

10 of Gabriel’s 15 targets within the Premier League have been headers, whereas he’s now one in all solely 4 Arsenal gamers to attain 10+ headed targets within the competitors, together with Olivier Giroud (27), Ian Wright (14) and Emmanuel Adebayor (12).

Jorginho’s yellow card was the sixtieth proven to gamers throughout this matchday (59 yellows, 1 crimson), making it essentially the most ever in a single Premier League matchday (earlier report being 59 on MD5 in 2023/24).