Evening Standard
·15 janvier 2025
Evening Standard
·15 janvier 2025
Gunners put recent cup defeats behind them
Arsenal scored twice in four minutes to come from behind and beat Tottenham 2-1 in a typically entertaining north London derby. The Gunners, coming into the match off the back of cup defeats to Newcastle and Manchester United, made a quick start and were firmly on top, but fell behind against the run of play as Heung-min Son’s deflected strike found the bottom corner.
Arsenal won a regular stream of corners and it was no surprise when their equaliser came from one of them. Declan Rice swung the cross to the back post, where Gabriel was waiting to head in with the help of a big touch from Dominic Solanke. Spurs were then dealt a further blow just before half-time as they fell behind, Antonin Kinsky unconvincing as he allowed Leandro Trossard’s left-footed strike to beat him.
That proved to be the winner, with Arsenal not punished for missing a string of second-half chances. They are now only four points behind Liverpool, who do still have a game in hand.