After Manchester City lost on Saturday, Arsenal were once again looking to extend their lead atop of the Premier League to eight points with a win on Sunday.
Tottenham, meanwhile, were looking to regain some ground on the top-four.
And when all was said and done, Arsenal came away with a huge win.
Arsenal should have taken the lead six minutes in. Two poor clearances saw the ball fall to Gabriel Martinelli, who flicked the ball to Eddie Nketiah. The striker then should have scored but his effort was tame and easily saved by Hugo Lloris.
The Gunners took the lead eight minutes later when Bukayo Saka burst down the right and saw his attempted cross pushed straight into the Spurs net by Lloris.
Arsenal strike first in the North London derby and it’s a moment Hugo Lloris will want to forget! 😯 pic.twitter.com/VvKBUX4BdN
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) January 15, 2023
Tottenham’s first big chance came shortly after the Arsenal goal when Heung-min Son was slipped in and saw his powerful effort saved well by Aaron Ramsdale.
The Norweigan got his goal 35 minutes in. Saka picked out Odegaard who was completely free on the edge of the box before smashing past Lloris.
Tottenham began the second 45 with a much higher tempo, with Harry Kane testing Ramsdale on two occasions shortly after the break.
Kane then played in Ryan Sessegnon with a superb pass before the wing-back also forced a good save out of Ramsdale.
But with 20 minutes to go, Tottenham were still 2-0 down. This saw Antonio Conte take off Matt Doherty for Richarlison, moving Cristiano Romero to right-back and switching to a back-four.
However, the changes had little impact and the Gunners were able to see out the win.
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Player ratings
Tottenham Hotspur FC
- GK: Hugo Lloris (3.5)
- CB: Cristian Romero (5.5)
- CB: Eric Dier (4.5)
- CB: Clement Lenglet (4)
- RWB: Matt Doherty (5)
- CM: Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (6)
- CM: Pape Sarr (5.5)
- LWB: Ryan Sessegnon (6)
- RW: Dejan Kulusevski (5.5)
- ST: Harry Kane (7)
- LW: Heung-min Son (5)
Substitutes
- Richarlison (4)
- Ivan Perisic (4)
- Yves Bissouma (4)
- Bryan Gill (N/A)
- Ben Davies (N/A)
Arsenal
- GK: Aaron Ramsdale (8)
- RB: Ben White (7)
- CB: William Saliba (7)
- CB: Gabriel (7)
- LB: Oleksandr Zinchenko (6.5)
- CDM: Thomas Partey (7)
- CDM: Granit Xhaka (7)
- CAM: Martin Odegaard (8)
- RW: Bukayo Saka (8)
- ST: Eddie Nketiah (6.5)
- LW: Gabriel Martinelli (7)
Substitutes
- Kieran Tierney (5)
- Takehiro Tomiyasu (N/A)
- Fabio Vieira (N/A)
- Emile Smith Rowe (N/A)
Match reaction
Time to send Lloris out to pasture
— Raj (@jahwibble) January 15, 2023
I’m not into conspiracy theories but has anyone ever seen Lloris and a chocolate tea pot in the same room?
— Sam🦘🇦🇺 (@SamTHFC90) January 15, 2023
WTF is Lloris doing?!
— Martyn Poole (@MartynPoole4) January 15, 2023
1 – Hugo Lloris has scored an own goal for the first time in his 354-game Premier League career. Typical. pic.twitter.com/WTYl9GTOGi
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 15, 2023
Bukayo Saka, is the best left footed player after Lionel Andres Messi. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/HawmJelPbW
— Tiberio ⚡️ (@Tiberio_Guzman_) January 15, 2023
Give Arsenal the PL teophy already🔥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/BUAel2TiuN
— 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙝𝙞 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙚 🇧🇩 (@BdCuler) January 15, 2023
This Ødegaard is just unstoppable 😱🤯what a strike😱
— T͟i͟m͟C͟o͟o͟k͟ (@mr_tobby01) January 15, 2023
We are so shit it’s a joke , Lengley didn’t close down saka the defence is a joke
— Sam Spicer THFC (@SamSpicer17) January 15, 2023
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