Arsenal survive to beat Spurs 3-2 in North London derby

Arsenal won against Tottenham 3-2 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the derby of North London and remained in the 1^st place in the Premier League with 4 more points than 2^nd Manchester City, but the Sky Blues have 2 games in hand as they will play in 30 minutes against at Nottingham one of these matches.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg netted an own goal in the 15^th minute to give the Gunners the lead after a corner. Arsenal doubled its lead after a phenomenal counterattack as Kai Havertz provided a phenomenal pass to Bukayo Saka, who entered the penalty area with the ball and scored with his left foot for 2-0.

🔴✅ THE NORTH LONDON DERBY ALWAYS PROVIDES ACTION! 🍿

Arsenal win, over to Man City. pic.twitter.com/13bCPChd5L

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Problems after corners for Spurs continued and Kai Havertz netted a header in the 38^th minute for 3-0 as Declan Rice provided the assist.

Raya made an awful mistake as he passed the ball to Christian Romero and the Argentinian scored in the 64^th minute to make it 3-1.

Heung-Min Son converted a penalty in the 87^th minute to make Spurs deficit only 1 goal.

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Tottenham (2.73) 2-3 (1.28) Arsenal

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The referee gave 6 minutes extra time, but the Gunners survived and remained in the title fight.

Arsenal are now guaranteed to finish above Tottenham in the Premier League for the second straight season 👀

North London is theirs 😤 pic.twitter.com/wDIxAJcXP2

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) April 28, 2024