Arsenal have ensured that they'll spend yet another weekend atop the Premier League after an emphatic 3-1 win over Tottenham in the North London derby.
Brazil will be tracking what the duo does but it could be a decision that comes down to the final days before the World Cup. It's always up to the player to avoid giving a referee a decision to make in these scenarios, and Arsenal showed Spurs why it's so critical not to make dumb mistakes. Kulusevski picked up a knock while on international duty for Sweden but for Spurs' sake, hopefully, he'll be back in the rotation sooner than later. After defeating Leicester City 6-2 before the international break, the hope was that Tottenham would bring momentum through the time off and into this headline match, but it wasn't to be as their struggles at the Emirates will continue. It was a rash tactical foul, with Emerson going in quite high, the kind of prototypical "orange card" offense that sometimes ends in a red but often leads to a yellow card. Mistakes are punished in derby matches, and Saturday it was Spurs who let the occasion get to them.
Goals from Thomas Partey, Gabriel Jesus and Granit Xhaka secure a third-straight home win against our local rivals.
Sensing an opportunity to seal the win, we quickly pressed for a third goal and after Saka bent a shot wide after coming inside, it arrived. But for all our early dominance, Spurs found a way back level just 10 minutes later when we failed to clear our lines from a counter-attack and Gabriel fouled Richarlison in the area. Saka did well to jink inside from the right and get a shot away, which Lloris did well to parry. However, just four minutes after the restart, the Brazilian did get his goal to flip the game back in our favour. Saka was again involved, receiving possession on the right and found Ben White. And on 20 minutes, we grabbed the lead with an absolute blockbuster.
Arsenal meted out their usual punishment to north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur at The Emirates with Thomas Partey, Gabriel Jesus and Granit Xhaka all on ...
"From the first second I think we were the better team," Xhaka said. Tottenham began the second half in sloppy fashion, and when Bukayo Saka fired in a shot, Lloris parried it out to Romero who bundled the ball back towards his keeper, only for it to squirm out of the Frenchman's grasp just enough for Jesus to convert. It was a sweet moment for the Brazilian, whose fifth goal of the season sent a reminder to his national side's manager Tite, who left him out of the squad last month. "After we conceded we were struggling a little bit, but in the second half we were much better, and I am so happy to score my first derby goal and help the team to win." They are third with 17 points. Royal was then red-carded in the 62nd minute for a needless kick out at Martinelli deep in Arsenal's half, and five minutes later Xhaka swept in Arsenal's third to leave Tottenham reeling.
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte said Emerson Royal's red card in the 3-1 defeat against Arsenal "killed the game."
Sometimes you see situations that could be a red card, instead yellow card or no yellow card. For this reason, every part of this situation, in my opinion, has to be top." "The red card killed the game, this is truth, but not because we remained with 10 men but because [our] team [which was] really, really offensive and also in the four or five minutes to make the substitutions, we were so offensive that it was really difficult to defend and we conceded the third goal.
Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 in the North London derby at the Emirates Stadium in London on Saturday. Thomas Partey, Gabriel Jesus and Granit Xhaka ...
Further misery was awaiting Tottenham in the second half as Emerson Royal was sent off for committing an atrocious foul on Gabriel. Both Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli made darting runs through the right and left flanks, respectively, to unsettle the Tottenham defense. Arsenal and Tottenham started the match with 4-2-3-1 and 3-4-2-1 formations, respectively. Saka cut into the box from the right flank and took a shot at goal that Lloris could not parry properly. Richarlison got the ball and was stopped illegally by Gabriel inside the Arsenal penalty box. [Harry Kane](https://fbref.com/en/players/21a66f6a/Harry-Kane) got the only goal for the visitors (31′).
Tottenham have joined Arsenal in the race to sign Bayer Leverkusen defender Piero Hincapie, according to reports from Calciomercato. The 20-year-old has ...
Tottenham hosted yet another NFL game at their stadium over the weekend, as the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings did battle in north London. [Read the full story here.](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/double-doink-tottenham-hotspur-stadium-25158997) Tottenham Hotspur are due to travel to Brighton on Saturday, looking to bounce back from their derby day defeat against Arsenal, their first loss in the Premier League this season. [Read the full story here.](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/brighton-tottenham-premier-league-fixture-25157788) [The reason Antonio Conte didn't change Spurs' formation at Arsenal and what sent him into a rage](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/conte-tottenham-formation-arsenal-rage-25157023) [Calciomercato](https://www.calciomercato.it/2022/09/30/calciomercato-milan-roma-napoli-hincapie-rinnovo-tottenham-conte/).
Gabriel Jesus put Arsenal back in front, pouncing on an error from Hugo Lloris. Emerson Royal was then sent off for a needless red card before Granit Xhaka ...
[Gabriel Jesus](https://theathletic.com/football/player/gabriel-jesus-lmzbBZ9WUccDYEbt/) put Arsenal back in front, pouncing on an error from [Hugo Lloris](https://theathletic.com/football/player/hugo-lloris-Bwqo0JNjOYvtJCMn/). [Thomas Partey](https://theathletic.com/football/player/thomas-partey-WvYPPsYnodFQ5XO1/) opened the scoring in the 20th minute before [Harry Kane](https://theathletic.com/football/player/harry-kane-47vQtg5y5Ub8iFqb/) equalised from the penalty spot in the 31st minute. [Arsenal](https://theathletic.com/football/team/arsenal/) continued their excellent start to the season with a convincing victory over rivals [Tottenham](https://theathletic.com/football/team/tottenham-hotspur/).
We all know what happened on Satuday: Tottenham Hotspur lost. And to Arsenal. Not great. It's been so long since Spurs have lost in the Premier League that I ...
But I won’t watch the PL. And, unless the loss is on a weekday, that is what I usually do. And so I went to the coffee shop and spent a good hour there. I can’t bear the highlights. But that’s sorta what I did after the defeat. Then I went to pick up some running gear and took care of some boring errands.
Follow the Premier League live as Arsenal host Tottenham in the first north London derby of the season.
Arsenal play host to Tottenham at the Emirates Stadium in London, England. Arsenal are top of the table. The rest of the matches are streamed on NBC platform Peacock for subscribers. From the identity of the prime minister to the UK's perception as a financial embarrassment across the world, much has changed since Arsenal last played at home. Arsenal will move four points clear of Spurs and Manchester City with victory. The Sweden playmaker's absence through injury could prove a significant setback for Spurs but the combination of Son and Richarlison, both of whom scored on international duty during the week, should make for entertaining viewing. 75 mins from kickoff: Team news is imminent here. "I was just driving around the streets and you miss the feeling of these kinds of games. Tottenham send the danger behind. Perhaps a little harsh on Vieira after his spectacular strike at Brentford last time out, although captain Odegaard was never going to be left out when fit. Tottenham, attacking from right to left, start us off, attempting an attack down the left in the opening minute. The neighbours had each lost three of their first six fixtures at that point.