Arsenal vs Tottenham: Late Torreira goal seals feisty north London derby win for Gunners
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal came from behind to beat Tottenham in an engrossing north London derby at the Emirates.
Unai Emery's side trailed 2-1 at the break after Eric Dier's header and Harry Kane's penalty had stunned the hosts, who had themselves gone in front from the spot via Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
But they got a deserved win with three unanswered second-half goals, the first a pearler from Aubameyang and then a deflected Alexandre Lacazette strike before Lucas Torreira's late goal sealed the win.
Follow it as it happened below:
What time does it start?
Arsenal vs Tottenham kicks off at 2:05pm (BST)
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Premier League and Main Event from 2pm. Sky Sports subscribers can also watch the game via the Sky Go app.
The match will also be available on Now TV by grabbing a day pass for just £7.99. https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online
Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.
Player to watch…
Christian Eriksen: The Dane is not letting the uncertainty around his future at the club come in the way of his performances. He grabbed an assist and was the mastermind once again in Tottenham’s convincing victory over Chelsea, before coming off the bench to score the late winner against Inter to ensure Spurs remain alive in the race for progression into the Champions League knockout stages.
Form guide…
Arsenal: WDDDWW
Tottenham: WWWWWW
Odds…
Arsenal to win: 31/20
Tottenham to win: 17/10
Draw: 13/5
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
Welcome to live coverage of Arsenal vs Tottenham. Here's our pre-north-London-derby reading:
The teams are in!
Arsenal: Leno; Bellerín, Mustafi, Sokratis, Holding, Kolasinac; Torreira, Xhaka; Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang. Subs: Cech, Lichtsteiner, Maitland-Niles, Guendouzi, Elneny, Ramsey, Lacazette.
Tottenham: Lloris; Aurier, Foyth, Vertonghen, Davies; Sissoko, Dier; Son, Alli, Eriksen; Kane. Subs: Gazzaniga, Alderweireld, Rose, Walker-Peters, Winks, Lucas, Llorente.
↵The most eye-catching news is that Mesut Ozil is left out of the entire Gunners squad, with Arsenal citing a back spasm. Alexandre Lacazette only makes the bench. For Spurs, the young Argentine Juan Foyth plays alongside Jan Vertonghen at centre-half, with Toby Alderweireld among the substitutes.
The games are coming thick and fast today and with kick off only ten minutes away at the Emirates, take a look at the history of this fixture in the Premier League.
Credit: GentingBet
According to the bookies, this fixture is set to be the dirtiest derby of the weekend with the most booking points.
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The players are emerging from the tunnel for the first North London Derby of the season.
Are you ready?
And were underway with Arsenal making a bright start!
Mkhitaryan carries the ball a long way and seeks out Aubameyang with his cross and the Gabon international's header goes over the bar.
Bright start to the game.
2 mins: Arsenal finding the wings to some success and their crosses are causing Spurs a lot of early danger.
5 mins: Spurs finally settle down and play some nice passes around before LLoris gives possession back to the Gunners.
They'll want a goal during this spell in the ascendancy.
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