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Spurs v Arsenal Match Review

Spurs 0 – 2 Arsenal (Sunday 15th January 2023)

Despite a much improved second half display, Antonio Conte’s Spurs were unable to prevent defeat in the North London Derby at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, losing 2-0.

Arsenal applied the early pressure, with Gabriel Martinelli having a shot blocked before Eddie Nketiah saw his effort on goal saved by Hugo Lloris (7’).

Unfortunately for Spurs, this pressure told a few minutes later when Lloris was unfortunate to concede an own goal after the ball took a deflection, with the Frenchman was unable to prevent the ball from going into the back of the net (14’).

Conte’s team came very close to finding an immediate response to this early set back through Son Heung-Min. The forward’s effort was well saved by Aaron Ramsdale (18’).

Another shot on goal, this time from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, saw Spurs come close to restoring parity, but the effort was well blocked by the Gunners’ defence (22’).

The Lilywhites had to show their resilience with Martin Odegaard being denied, before Bukayo Saka had a great chance to double Arsenal’s advantage, but thankfully for Spurs Hugo Lloris was there to deny him (29’).

Mikel Arteta’s side had been in control for the majority of the first half, and they then found themselves 2-0 up when Martin Odegaard’s low, powerful shot on goal nestled into the bottom right corner (36’).

Tottenham came close to halving the deficit twice just before the break. Harry Kane was denied a goal that would have seen him match the record for Spurs set by the legendary Jimmy Greaves by Ramsdale. Hojbjerg then saw an effort fly just wide of the near post (45+3’).

Spurs showed instant improvement at the start of the second half. Dejan Kulusevski came close (49’), before Kane was denied once again by an in-form Aaron Ramsdale following a pass into his feet from Kulusevski (50’).

Conte’s team were applying the pressure now, and Sessegnon was also denied from close range by the Arsenal goalkeeper after a Harry Kane through ball (52’).

Nketiah came close to scoring Arsenal’s third of the afternoon a few moments later, but Lloris showed his class in making a fantastic close range save to deny the striker (58’).

It was a competitive game and Spurs were now looking the more likely to score the next goal. They had another chance to do just that with just over half an hour of the match remaining, but Kane’s shot was blocked well once again by the Gunners’ defence (66’).

In the closing stages of the second half, Tottenham had numerous opportunities to score. Son was denied twice, before Brazil international Richarlison saw his effort well saved by Ramsdale (82’).

Despite their efforts in the second half, Spurs were unable to prevent defeat. Spurs had slightly more possession (51%), compared to 49% for Arteta’s team. The home team also had more shots on target with 7, with their opponents having 5.