Tottenham eliminated Arsenal and tightened the fight for the Champions

Mikel Arteta had a chance to qualify Arsenal for the Champions League after five seasons of absence but Tottenham fully took the North London derby (3-0) and the match between eternal rivals for a European area is red. I live two days from the end of the Premier.

A win for Arsenal would end the chaos and classify Chelsea on the rebound. But now, after City and Liverpool, they continue to clinch access to the Champions League with 70 points, while the ‘gunners’ remain fourth with 66 even as Tottenham are on their heels with 65. In addition, Arteta was defeated for the next game with Newcastle central defenders Rob Holding, sent off, and Gabriel Magalhaes, injured.

Arsenal got off to a good start to this derby, which has been pending to play since it was postponed in January. Arteta’s staff dominated the first few minutes and jailed Tottenham even with one penalty, much to the protest of the ‘gunners’, as Cédric Soares slightly pushing Heung-min Son into a center by Dejan Kulusevski resulted in confirming the change in trend that he is experiencing against.

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Harry Kane opened the scoring by converting a penalty (21 ‘) and from that moment on, Arsenal, who were starting to have difficulty linking their plays, completely collapsed without any ability to react.

Kane marked and red to Holding

This fall was influenced by the dismissal of Rob Holding after seeing two yellow cards for two fouls against Son in just seven minutes. The center-back left the field after kicking the South Korean in the face when it ran for a long ball (33 ‘).

Kane previewed the wound of the eternal rival by heading into a corner on the far post led by Rodrigo Bentancur for the first time (37 ‘). Tottenham’s crack is the player who has scored the most goals (13 in 15 games) against the ‘gunners’ in the Premier.

Arsenal were slow to come out on the attack even though Hugo Lloris prevented them from getting back into the game before the break by deflecting a beautiful shot from Eddie Nketiah over the crossbar (43 ‘).

Son, a goal from Salah

Arteta hoped a goal after the restart would give life to his team but his plans quickly fell to 3-0, Son’s feat in the 47th minute when he picked up a loose ball in a match. by Kane and Gabriel Magalhaes. The South Korean has 21 goals and is just one behind Pichichi Mohamed Salah (Liverpool). In addition, with 91, he is already Tottenham’s third all-time leading scorer in the English championship after Kane (181) and Teddy Sheringham (97).

The 3-0 definitively liquidated the derby. Bukayo Saka, with a shot provided by Ben Davies, and Martin Odegaard were able to score the goal of honor for Arsenal, who ended their run with four straight wins, but Tottenham, who were more superior, would have further extended their lashing otherwise. for the purpose Aaron Ramsdale.

And, to top it off, Gabriel Magalhaes was injured

Gabriel Magalhaes ’injury in the quarter-hour from the end further complicates Arsenal’s outlook, which, however, is bound on its own to return to the Champions League. On Monday he visits Newcastle and will close out the Premier at home against an Everton desperate to play for permanence. Tottenham have yet to receive a Burnley who are also fighting to avoid relegation and will visit relegated coilist Norwich.