Nations League prediction Mourinho had no particular problems with Arteta and Tottenham is on top again
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Tottenham beat Arsenal 2-0 in the North London derby, thanks to which the `spurs` returned to the top in the provisional standings of the Premier League. Jose Mourinho`s team outplayed their opponent with a brilliant counterattack in the first half when Hyun-Min Son (13 `) and Harry Kane (45 `+ 1 `) scored good goals. After the break, the initiative was entirely on the side of Arsenal, but once again the `gunners` were toothless in attack and failed to materialize their territorial superiority. This was the tenth consecutive game without a loss for Tottenham in the championship.
The big news in Jose Mourinho`s squad was that Tottenham`s Kane, who missed the match advised by soccer prediction official: tottenham fired pochettino against LASK this week due to injury, has recovered and started as a starter. Toby Alderweireld returned to the center of defense at the expense of Joe Rodon, who played against Chelsea. Giovanni Lo Celso started instead of Tangi Ndombele, who was left out of the group for today`s match. Thomas Parthey has returned to Arsenal after missing the last four games due to injury. Rob Holding and Alexandre Lacazette were also starters.
The development of the first half went according to the typical scenario for Tottenham lately. Arsenal controlled the ball and tried to dominate, but the `gunners` failed to reach a single accurate shot. Tottenham, on the other hand, was once again deadly on the counterattack and scored two goals from their three accurate shots. In the 13th minute Harry Kane took Son out of the half of Tottenham, after which the Korean advanced quickly from the left, went inside and with a shot from 25 meters, which was also quite technical, sent the ball into the far corner for 1:0.
In the added time of the first part, the `spurs` doubled. This time Lo Celso quickly put the ball on a counterattack, then continued to Son on the left. The wing very cleverly went even further to the left to Kane, who shot Leno with a cannon shot from a small angle.
Arsenal started the second half with inspiration. At the very beginning, Willian centered well from a free kick to the far post, but Lacazette failed to make a good shot and sent the ball straight into the hands of Leno. Shortly afterwards, Aubameyang fired his head over the crossbar. Tottenham calmly waited to `catch` their opponent on the counterattack again. In the 62nd minute, Willian fired an attractive shot with a pair of scissors, but over the door. A little later, Loris also had to intervene after Lacazette intercepted Belerin`s cross with his head. Tottenham did absolutely nothing in the lead in the second half, but that in no way prevented the `spurs` from coming back to the top of the standings. Arsenal is in 15th place with 13 points - 11 less than today`s opponent.
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