Participant scores as Trossard fires Gunners to derby triumph
Arsenal held on to a much-needed 2-1 victory at house to Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday evening.
Mikel Arteta known as the north London derby “the nicest sport of the season to look at”. The impartial – if such a factor exists within the fashionable sport – would have actually loved this midweek providing of chaos-ball, a contest plagued by extra moments of calamity than high quality.
Arsenal began a lot the brighter of the 2 sides, charging at their fearsome rivals to the backdrop of a raucous crowd which Arteta had spent all week geeing up. Nevertheless, Son Heung-min silenced the Emirates within the twenty fifth minute.
Tottenham’s captain was first to a half-cleared nook, controlling a low volley right into a crowded field which veered off William Saliba‘s toe and past David Raya.
The Gunners, recent from consecutive cup defeats in entrance of their very own followers in opposition to Newcastle and Manchester United over the previous week, may very properly have wobbled. In actuality, Arsenal solely needed to maintain out lengthy sufficient for Tottenham’s personal insecurities to take maintain.
Spurs – and the remainder of the division – can have been properly conscious of the menace Arsenal, and specifically Gabriel, pose from nook kicks. But the Brazilian centre-back – who scored the winner within the reverse fixture – nonetheless discovered room on the again submit to go the ball over the road by way of Dominic Solanke’s midriff within the fortieth minute. Earlier than the half-time whistle could possibly be blown, a trio of Tottenham errors afforded Arsenal the lead as Leandro Trossard pierced by way of the guests’ tender centre.
Ange Postecoglou is nothing if not a manger who lives by the sword and dies by the sword. The half-time interval prompted the arrival of James Maddison and Brennan Johnson, hollowing out Tottenham’s midfield in the hunt for an all-important equaliser.
That dramatic alteration served to show quite than enliven Spurs. The guests did not power Raya right into a single second-half save, and remained simply as inclined to weird lapses in focus with the ball in their very own half.
Arteta – who responded to Postecoglou’s all-out assault by pivoting to a system with two left-backs – watched on as his aspect as soon as once more missed a glut of presentable possibilities. In contrast to Arsenal’s final two opponents, Spurs could not punish the Gunners’ profligacy and had been consigned to a second derby defeat of the league season.
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Participant |
Score |
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GK: David Raya |
7.3/10 |
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RB: Jurrien Timber |
7.5/10 |
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CB: William Saliba |
7.5/10 |
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CB: Gabriel |
7.2/10 |
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LB: Myles Lewis-Skelly |
7.5/10 |
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CM: Martin Odegaard |
8.4/10 |
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CM: Thomas Partey |
7.2/10 |
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CM: Declan Rice |
7.3/10 |
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RW: Raheem Sterling |
7.0/10 |
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ST: Kai Havertz |
6.3/10 |
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LW: Leandro Trossard |
8.2/10 |
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SUB: Gabriel Martinelli (61′ for Sterling) |
6.3/10 |
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SUB: Kieran Tierney (77′ for Trossard) |
6.2/10 |
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SUB: Oleksandr Zinchenko (87′ for Lewis-Skelly) |
N/A |
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SUB: Mikel Merino (87′ for Rice) |
N/A |
Subs not used: Neto (GK), Jakub Kiwior, Jorginho, Ismeal Kabia, Nathan Butler-Oyedeji
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Participant |
Score |
|---|---|
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GK: Antonin Kinsky |
6.6/10 |
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RB: Pedro Porro |
6.5/10 |
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CB: Radu Dragusin |
6.1/10 |
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CB: Archie Grey |
5.9/10 |
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LB: Djed Spence |
5.8/10 |
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CM: Pape Sarr |
5.4/10 |
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CM: Yves Bissouma |
5.0/10 |
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CM: Lucas Bergvall |
7.3/10 |
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RW: Dejan Kulusevski |
6.8/10 |
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ST: Dominic Solanke |
5.2/10 |
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LW: Son Heung-min |
7.1/10 |
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SUB: James Maddison (46′ for Bissouma) |
6.7/10 |
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SUB: Brennan Johnson (46′ for Sarr) |
6.0/10 |
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SUB: Richarlison (78′ for Son) |
6.1/10 |
Subs not used: Brandon Austin (GK), Malachi Hardy, Callum Olusesi, Sergio Reguilon, Mikey Moore, Will Lankshear
