In the 80th minute of today’s north London derby, Spurs took the lead by punishing their local rivals Arsenal for their dismal defending of a corner. A snapshot chance for Harry Kane led to Jose Mourinho’s side being awarded a corner, Heung-Min Son whipped a corner into the box that was steered in by a […]
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In the 80th minute of today’s north London derby, Spurs took the lead by punishing their local rivals Arsenal for their dismal defending of a corner.
A snapshot chance for Harry Kane led to Jose Mourinho’s side being awarded a corner, Heung-Min Son whipped a corner into the box that was steered in by a powerful header from Toby Alderweireld.
Mikel Arteta’s side seem to have went with a zonal marking scheme – which they paid for – full-back Kieran Tierney was marking Alderweireld and realistically had no chance of winning this duel.
Centre-backs Shkodran Mustafi and David Luiz didn’t back up their teammate to challenge one of Spurs’ prime aerial threats, the duo were positioned in the completely wrong areas.
Take a look at the Belgian’s bullet header below:
"Right on the money" ?
Toby Alderweireld's powerful header has given Tottenham a late lead in the North London Derby!
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Arsenal only have themselves to blame after conceding this. It looks like it will cost the Gunners bragging rights in north London.
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