North London Derby Ended in a Draw

DBasia.news –  North London derby between Arsenal cons Tottenham Hotspur in Week four of the Premier League on Sunday (1/9) evening Western Indonesian Time ended in a 2-2 draw.

Two Tottenham goals scored by Christian Eriksen in the 10th minute and a Harry Kane penalty (40). While Arsenal’s two goals were scored by Alexandre Lacazette at the end of the first half and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (71).

Shown at home Arsenal tried to play aggressively from the start. Instead, Mauricio Pochettino’s squad relied more on counterattacks.

Instead of getting a goal, the host conceded just when the game entered the tenth minute. Through a counter-attack scheme, Son Heung-min fired a long ball straight ahead and received by Erik Lamela who fired after entering the penalty box. The ball threw up the edge of Bernd Leno easily pushed by Eriksen into the Arsenal goal. Score 1-0 for the visitors.

Entering the 18th minute, Spurs almost added a goal. Again through a counterattack. This time Heung-min’s hard kick was still able to be ignored by Leno.

Spurs can add a goal in the 40th minute through the penalty executed by Harry Kane. The referee pointed to the spot after Granit Xhaka dropped Heung-min in the penalty box. Score 0-2 for Tottenham.

For Kane, this was his tenth goal in ten appearances in the North London derby. Of the ten goals, five of which came from the spot.

At the end of the first half, the Gunners managed to reduce the lag to 1-2 thanks to a goal from Alexandre Lacazette through assists from Nicolas Pepe.

Second half

In the second half, Arsenal immediately kicked off chasing equalizing goals. The second half runs two minutes, the Gunners almost get a goal. However, Lacazette’s header can still be secured by Hugo Lloris.

52 minutes, turn for Spurs who created opportunities through Son. Luckily for Arsenal, Son’s effort could be defeated by Leno. Interval of four minutes, Arsenal get two successive opportunities through Lucas Torreira and Sead Kolasinac. But all failed to bear fruit.

An hour of running games, the visitors should be able to add a goal if kicking Kane from a narrow-angle does not hit the goalpost.

At 64 minutes, Arsenal put Dani Ceballos to replace Torreira. After a minute, Ceballos almost made a goal. But the hard kick from outside the penalty box can still be ignored by Lloris.

The equalizing goal that Arsenal hunted finally got in the 71st minute. Guendozi’s accurate pass was able to be continued by Aubameyang to be a goal. Draw score 2-2.

Can be equalized, Arsenal increasingly aggressively stormed the Spurs defense. At minute 75, Lloris must again act to thwart Xhaka’s chances.

79 minutes Arsenal re-break Spurs goalkeeper through Sokratis. But the goal was not validated because of offside. This decision was strengthened by the assistance of VAR which showed that Kolasinac was offside before the ball was sent to Sokratis.

Despite continued pressure, Arsenal failed to add a goal. Likewise, Tottenham who rely on counterattacks. The 186th North London Derby ended in a 2-2 draw. This is the 51st draw in derby history. From the record meeting, Arsenal is still ahead with 77 wins compared to 58 owned by Spurs.

With this draw, Arsenal stays fifth in the Premier League standings with seven points from four matches. While Tottenham is in ninth position with five points.

Line-up:

Arsenal (4-3-3): Bernd Leno; Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, David Luiz, Sead Kolasinac; Lucas Torreira (Ceballos 64), Granite Xhaka, Matteo Guendouzi; Nicolas Pepe, Alexandre Lacazette (Mkhitaryan 67), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Hugo Lloris; Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sanchez, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose; Moussa Sissoko, Harry Winks; Erik Lamela (Alli 60), Christian Eriksen, Son Heung-min (Lo Celso 79); Harry Kane