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Arsenal edge out Tottenham in North London derby to keep title chase in view

The Gunners had dig deep to secure a slim win over bitter rivals Tottenham on Wednesday night to keep their title chase in sight.

Matthew by Matthew
6 months ago

Arsenal capitalised on Liverpool”s failure to pick maximum points against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Tuesday as the Gunners secured a narrow win over Tottenham at the Emirates 24 hours later.

The North London derby lived to expectations to an extent especially for the neutrals who enjoyed waves of attack from both sides.

However, the Gunners rode on luck to get back into the game after the visitors took the lead on the 25th minute.

Son Hueng-Min aimed at a goal from the edge of the box off a corner kick.

His strike deflected off Thomas Party’s leg and went straight into the bottom-right corner to give Spurs the lead.

The Gunners immediately turned on the heat on Ange Postecohlu’s men and the equalizer came in a rather unfortunate situation.

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Pedro Porro’s claim for a legitimate goal kick after he played the ball against Trossard was waved off by referee Steve Hooper.

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Unfortunately, the corner kick awarrded lead to Dominic Solanke’s own goal off Gabriel Magalhaes initial header.

Yves Bissouma succumbed to pressure and lost the ball in his half less than five minutes after the equalizer.

Martin Ordegaard retrieved the ball and layed a pass to Leandro Trossard wide open on the flank.

The Belgian winger riffled a left-footed shot into the net to give Arsenal the lead at half-time.

Arsenal were quite dominant in the second half and created chances to score with three shots on target.

Pedro Porro’s 95th minute snap shot inside the box came off the cross bar as the Gunners survived a scare.

Arsenal held on to the slim lead until the blast of the final whistle to maintain their dominance in the North London derby.

The win put the Gunners back on second spot with four points off Liverpool who have a game at hand.

 

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