Tottenham 3 – 0 Arsenal

Tottenham beaten 10-man Arsenal to reignite their Champions League qualification hopes with an emphatic 3-0 victory in a breathless 191st north London derby.

Arsenal wilted after which imploded on an evening of top drama and stress at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Cedric Soares’ push on Heung-Min Son presenting Harry Kane with the Twenty second-minute penalty he transformed to offer Spurs the lead.

The Gunners, overawed via the ambience and instance, had been diminished to ten males when Rob Keeping was once given his marching orders for a senseless barge on Son (33), and Spurs wanted simply 4 mins to hammer house their benefit when Kane stooped to move in his 2d.

Any prospect of an Arsenal comeback was once extinguished when Son fired in a 3rd, and his twenty first of the season, 70 seconds into the second one part, as fifth-placed Spurs noticed out a complete victory to chop fourth-placed Arsenal’s benefit within the race for a top-four end to some degree with two video games to play.

Champions League qualification continues to be in Arsenal’s arms however the destructive nature of this north London derby cave in and a lower than beneficial run-in will give Tottenham renewed trust of completing forward of the Gunners within the peak 4.

What is subsequent for Tottenham

Would possibly 15 – Burnley (h)

Would possibly 22 – Norwich (a)

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What is subsequent for Arsenal?

Would possibly 16 – Newcastle (a), survive Sky Sports activities

Would possibly 22 – Everton (h)

Spurs make certain top-four race is going to the twine

The north London derby was once a powder keg ready to be ignited and, after an encouraging Arsenal get started, the spark got here for Spurs halfway during the part. Cedric’s nudge avoided Son from attaining Dejan Kulusevski’s deep pass and left referee Paul Tierney with out a choice however to indicate to the spot, from the place Kane slotted house for the thirteenth time on this fixture.

Cedric’s clumsy conceding of the penalty was once upstaged in farcical instances when Keeping recklessly collided with Son off the ball and collected his 2d yellow of the sport to go away Arsenal with virtually an hour to overturn the one-goal deficit with 10 males.

Tottenham took complete good thing about the person benefit, with Kane evading Takehiro Tomiyasu to move in his 2d inside of 4 mins of Keeping’s dismissal, and Spurs ensured they retained a good grip at the contest via to the period when Hugo Lloris tipped Eddie Nketiah’s curling effort over the bar.

Two all of a sudden change into 3 when the ball broke for Son within the Arsenal space after Gabriel’s sliding problem on Kane, and the South Korean dispatched Spurs’ 3rd in the second one minute of the second one part.

Arsenal had been indebted to Aaron Ramsdale for combating additional embarrassment with advantageous saves to stay out Emerson Royal’s header and Kane’s swerving, long-range force, however that was once scant comfort for the Gunners who should select themselves up rapid to keep away from their north London competitors including the most-coveted of prizes – Champions League qualification – to this derby triumph sooner than the season is up.

Fort Tottenham – Opta stats

• Spurs have received 3 consecutive house league video games towards Arsenal for the primary time since August 1961.
• Arsenal suffered their heaviest league defeat towards Spurs since April 1983 (0-5), whilst this was once the primary time that the Gunners have ever trailed via greater than two targets in a Premier League fixture towards them.
• Spurs have handiest misplaced considered one of their closing considered one of their closing 11 Premier League video games towards Arsenal when underneath them within the desk (W5 D5), dropping 0-1 in March 2014 beneath Tim Sherwood. Certainly, Spurs are actually unbeaten of their closing six Premier League clashes towards Arsenal when trailing them within the desk (W3 D3).
• Since Antonio Conte’s first Premier League sport accountable for the membership, handiest Manchester Town (69) and Liverpool (64) have received extra issues within the pageant than Spurs (50). In a similar way, handiest the ones two groups have scored extra league targets than Conte’s facet (54) on this duration.

Guy of the Fit – Harry Kane

Spurs striker Harry Kane – who’s already the all time peak scorer in video games between Spurs and Arsenal (13) – has now scored 41 targets in London derbies within the Premier League; handiest Thierry Henry (43) has netted extra in such fixtures.

Kane has been immediately excited about 52 targets in London derby fits within the Premier League (41 targets, 11 assists), overtaking Frank Lampard (50) with this night’s brace. Most effective Thierry Henry (55) now has extra mixed targets and assists than Kane on this fixture in Premier League historical past.