Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (2018-19)

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Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (2018-19)

Arsenal Tottenham 4 2
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Event	Premier League 2018-19
Date	Sunday 2 December 2018
Venue	Emirates Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Lucas Torreira
Referee	Mike Dean
Attendance	59,973
Weather	14 °C (58 °F)
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Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur was a match which took place at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday 2 December 2018.

Arsenal produced a rampant second-half display to beat Tottenham in a dramatic north London derby and leapfrog them into fourth in the Premier League.

The Gunners led through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's penalty but Spurs turned the game around through Eric Dier's header and Harry Kane's spot-kick.

Aubameyang's clinical strike levelled after the break and Alexandre Lacazette's deflected shot made it 3-2.

Lucas Torreira sealed a memorable win before Jan Vertonghen was sent off.

Tottenham defender Vertonghen, who gave away the early penalty, received a second yellow card for a poor lunge on substitute Lacazette with five minutes left.

Arsenal's victory extended their unbeaten run to 19 matches and moves them a point behind third-placed Chelsea, climbing above Spurs on goal difference.

The manner in which Arsenal pressed and powered Spurs into submission here was remarkable but further evidence of their transformation under Emery.

The former Sevilla and Paris St-Germain manager has galvanised the club on and off the pitch after the stale end to the Wenger era. He was a constant blur of movement in his technical area almost guiding every move by hand.

Emery has, crucially, made an instant connection with Arsenal's fans, regularly urging them to turn up the volume at moments when the stadium threatened to go quiet.

Arsenal simply refused to give an inch to Spurs and Emery was bold when Spurs led at half-time, sending on Lacazette and Ramsey.

His side had played well in the first half, but the changes gave them a turbo-charge.

It was said the true test of Emery's work would come when they faced their closest rivals. This was an examination they passed with flying colours.

Spurs and manager Mauricio Pochettino have made their name with the intensity of their attacking, pressing style backed up by obvious quality.

Here, however, they had all their own strengths turned back on them by Arsenal and almost seemed in a daze as they were swept aside in the latter stages.

Arsenal had Spurs in trouble instantly and barely let go, even when Dier and Kane somehow had the visitors going in at the interval ahead.

Spurs could not create in attack, were impotent in midfield and vulnerable at the back where Vertonghen's uncomfortable afternoon saw him concede a penalty and receive a red card - while youngster Juan Foyth was punished for giving the ball away when Lacazette putting Arsenal in front.

They now lie outside the top four but will surely come again. Here, however, they were comprehensively outplayed.

Match

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Sunday 2 December 2018 14:05 GMT	Arsenal	4–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 59,973 Referee: Mike Dean
	Aubameyang  10' (Pen), 56' Lacazette  74' Torreira  77'	Report	Dier  30' Kane  34' (Pen) Vertonghen  85'

Arsenal

Tottenham

19 Bernd Leno 20 Shkodran Mustafi 71' 05 Sokratis Papastathopoulos 16 Rob Holding 02 Héctor Bellerín 11 Lucas Torreira 34 Granit Xhaka 31 Sead Kolašinac 07 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 45' 14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 17 Alex Iwobi 45' Substitutes: 01 Petr Čech 04 Mohamed Elneny 08 Aaron Ramsey 45' 09 Alexandre Lacazette 45' 12 Stephan Lichtsteiner 15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles 29 Mattéo Guendouzi 71' Manager: Unai Emery

01 Hugo Lloris 24 Serge Aurier 21 Juan Foyth 05 Jan Vertonghen 33 Ben Davies 82' 15 Eric Dier 17 Moussa Sissoko 23 Christian Eriksen 20 Dele Alli 79' 10 Harry Kane 07 Son Heung-min 79' Substitutes: 03 Danny Rose 82' 04 Toby Alderweireld 08 Harry Winks 79' 16 Kyle Walker-Peters 18 Fernando Llorente 22 Paulo Gazzaniga 27 Lucas Moura 79' Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

See also

• 2018-19 Premier League: Match day 14

External links

• Match report at BBC.co.uk