Premier League leaders Arsenal face a stern test of their title credentials against local rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.Mikel Arteta's side make a ...
Personal terms have also been agreed between Chelsea and the 22-year-old, with a seven-year-plus contract to be signed. Chelsea, who are on the verge of signing Mudryk, will look to put an end to their torrid form. It’s one of the biggest games of the season for us. Antonio Conte's side are a much tougher outfit on home soil, however, and will be hoping to win four consecutive home matches against Arsenal for the first time. “I just love it,” the Arsenal manager said. Will even someone like Kane, who comes across as completely unflappable, focused and metronomic, feel the pressure? A deal has now been agreed on a fixed fee of €70million (£62m), with a further €30m (£26.5m) in add-ons. “We have to focus on playing well and doing what we have to do to win the game.” Arsenal travel to Tottenham in the north London derby hoping to solidify their Premier League title hopes. We’re all talking about it, but how much will Kane be thinking about it? Arsenal have probably been the better of the two teams but the league leaders have kept them at bay. Spurs, on the other hand, are fifth in the league and have lost five of their last 11, including October's 3-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium.
Spurs could completely lift the mood at the club with a derby victory, one that would be their stumbling run of form and unconvincing displays behind them.
Could easily have been man of the match. “We always want to improve the squad. “But I think as well we have to have some discipline. In the end, they were 2-0 winners but this was no smash and grab. In-form Manchester United are Arsenal’s next opponents and they will now hope for a favour from Antonio Conte’s side, who travel to City on Thursday struggling to stay in the top four race. [north London derby](/topic/north-london-derby) win at Tottenham.
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Kulusevski rolls Xhaka and plays the ball into Kane on the edge of the area. “The biggest asterisk on Arsenal’s position is that because of the scheduling this year, they have only played two of the six possible games against the other top four teams, and have failed to register a win in them,” says Vibhanshu Bisht. “I reckon Bale (and a few others) belong in the SHEEP tier (sometimes heroic, extremely exceptional players). That’s the kind of thing that often leads to it kicking off on the touchline. He takes a touch and hits a shot that deflects over the crossbar. 55 min Kulusevski is keen to take a quick throw, and Arteta throws the ball away from him. 87 min The free-kick is a fair way to the left of centre, though not prohibitively so. That’s what happened, and it’s a shame as it’s just a game of football at the end of the day. Kane rolls Gabriel cleverly, breaks down the right and cuts the ball back to Son at the near post. In the second they showed their defensive resilience and game management, although they needed Aaron Ramsdale to make one terrific save and a handful of good ones. Bissouma hooks his leg round to make a good challenge – but then kicks the ball against Dier and out of play. Before that, Richarlison shoved Ramsdale’s head, though I’m not sure what happened before that because the cameras were on a (perfectly civil) handshake between Arteta and Conte.
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A good touch by Kane there to make the pass. The pressure allowed Spurs players to crowd the box. Save: Saka finds Odegaard in space and passes the ball to him. It is a tad bit far for a direct shot but Odegaard can put a good ball inside the Spurs box. Saka makes his way inside the Spurs box and shoots at goal from the touchline. The Gunners have been impressive in front of a loud Tottenham crowd. Odegaard has a look and thunders a grounded shot as the ball beats Lloris and rattles the bottom corner of the net. The attack ends with the ball in Lloris’ hands. He rolls the ball to Odegaard in the middle. Spurs with a positive start in the second-half. Kukusevski cuts in and tries to find the top corner with a curling effort. Kane threads a good pass to Sessegnon who darts inside the Arsenal box.
Arsenal have a commanding lead at the top of the Premier League after defeating Tottenham in the North London derby.
India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. Sky has the rights to this match. 1 hr 30 mins before KO: Has there been a bigger derby match (from an Arsenal perspective, at least) in recent years? Spurs' keeper dithers over the ball and is closed down, then Clement Lenglet's clearance is blocked and suddenly Eddie Nketiah has a chance. He cuts into the box and fires the ball across goal from the byline, straight at the Spurs keeper, who parries it into the net. It's 2-0 to the Gunners and it's no more than they deserve. Hojbjerg volleys wide after the resulting corner and that's the last action of the half. 66th min: Fine defending there from Gabriel to stop Harry Kane getting a clear shot at goal from inside the box. The Arsenal section are having a party in the corner. After the break, Spurs finally offered some threat, and that's where Ramsdale came into his own to ensure there was no sniff of a comeback. Son Heung-min was denied by a good Ramsdale save soon afterwards, but the error from their captain seemed to cause Spurs to wilt and Arsenal assumed control. Knowing Arsenal's tendency to start well, Spurs needed to hold firm in the opening exchanges to make this a real contest.
By Jason Burt at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Mind the gap. Or is it a gulf? Arsenal won the north London derby, extending their lead at the top of the ...
The Spurs approach was all wrong and so when Saka again had space down the right he played a simple pass infield to Odegaard who had time – with Cristian Romero failing to step out and no midfielder close – to steady himself a drive a powerful low beyond Lloris grasp. Xhaka, who demanded a red card for the already booked Romero, gave as good as he got and it started to boil up. Conte rolled the dice – withdrawing a defender, Matt Doherty, and bringing on another forward, Richarlison, with Dejan Kulusevski dropping into the wing-back role but it made little difference. Those two observations came together with the opening goal as Thomas Partey was allowed to turn and spray a pass out to Saka. The Spurs manager can point the finger at Hugo Lloris with the goalkeeper blundering as he gifted Arsenal their first goal but tactically he got this all wrong. Arsenal won the north London derby, extending their lead at the top of the Premier League back to eight points, as they re-affirmed their title credentials and their complete superiority over Tottenham.