Gary Neville expressed his view that Tottenham would be the more content of the two teams after the North London Derby ended in a draw today.
Despite Arsenal’s impressive showing in the Champions League earlier in the week, Mikel Arteta, known for his tactical tinkering, deployed Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus alongside Bukayo Saka in the front three.
Tottenham has enjoyed a strong start to the season, but Arsenal supporters were optimistic that their team would secure victory in this fixture.
Arteta’s side began brightly, yet they struggled to assert the same dominance over Spurs that they had demonstrated against PSV.
The Lilywhites, on the other hand, put forth a commendable effort and deservedly earned a point with a solid performance in the game.
After the match, Neville said on Sky Sports:
“Spurs were tested, but they came through it, helped by a couple of injuries to key Arsenal players, but Postecoglou’s team responded when they were down, and they have not always done that.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
We did our best in the match against Spurs, but it clearly was not good enough for the team to win and we have to work harder in our next game to ensure that we secure victory.
We do not have to spend too much time regretting our poor showing in this match because we will have other matches to make things better.
Welcome to the Champions League Season. Sit tight for a long run.
Difficult to win when you have Jorginho giving free goals away. That kind of idiocy should happen at county football, not at top of the Premier League.
Declan Rice was never injured for West Ham – played every game.
And is now due for an extended period on the sidelines due to a back injury.
Well, Arteta was right about Declan – he is certainly settling into the team perfectly well and learning their “ways”
Arteta will rue the day he decided it was a good idea to buy Kai Havertz instead of signing a decent player who could play in midfield.
A number of things cause the result
Nketiah should never play again unless it’s because of other injuries
He cannot do the basics sell at the end of the season 20m
Agains PSV main players should have come off earlier
Jesus should have gone CF today and Eddie off
Partey should have never played Rb
Most of these decisions were Artetas fault
Poor Partey gets the blame despite the fact he has been injured the last few weeks..
The lack of a killer instinct in front of goals is our downfall. Arsenal need to be ruthless with the ball and use it to the maximum. It was just one of those disappointing shows.
How can Arteta ever conceive playing guys like Eddie, Jorginho, and Harvertz and think he’d win? Eddie is not clinical, Jorginho looks like he is undercover a Chelsea player who does everything to make us loose, and Harvertz is completely useless!
Then I don’t also understand the kind of football that Zinchenko plays(I think he is overrated!)
IMO, we must learn how to use Trossard and Smith-Rowe as I think they are very good players, who are also very Hungry.
Injuries, yes! But what the heck is Havertz doing on that pitch. This was his 7th and not even an assist. What’s Smith Rowe who helped raise our pride 2 years ago doing on the bench while the embarassed Havertz is thrown into the pitch to continue his passenger role?
ESR has never played so many games without a goal or a pass.
Arteta is trying to get something out of the 65M and nothing is coming out of it. Give this guy just a few minutes each game until he settles himself down. right now he is not just psychologically prepared but Smith Rowe can do the job.
I respect Arteta for the way he has changed things but honestly our midfield is not functioning. Rice is doing a great job but the results aren’t the same as when Partey handles that midfield. We stuggle a lot to get goals. When he returns, we should play him and Rice together in midfield. I hope he will be there agianst City.