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MOTD 2- Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Arsenal

By on March 16, 2014

Tottenham Hotspur might have been the better side in the North London derby but the quickest goal ever in the historic fixture have Arsenal a vital win to keep their Premier League title hopes alive. Meanwhile Tottenham fans’ anger at chairman Daniel Levy and manager Tim Sherwood will only increase after a derby loss not the least because their side that splashed the cash to form a stacked offense over the summer were shut out, at home, by an Arsenal side that isn’t exactly invincible when it comes to defending.

However, Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal side sure know how to keep Tottenham at bay. It is already looking a given that the Gunners will edge out Tottenham for that elite spot in the Champions League yet again, with the gap between the two Londoners up to nine points, which could have been down to three had Spurs won. Yet it was all won for Arsenal via one superb goal just over ninety seconds into the match.

Tomas Rosicky was charging down the right in the first proper attack of the match, and although the chance seemed lost when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain failed to control the midfielder’s pass to the middle, the ball bounced back out to Rosicky. It still looked like a wasted opportunity for Wenger’s side, only for the Czech international to rifle a magical volley past Hugo Lloris into the top right corner of the net from a seemingly possible angle. And just like that, the game was won. Mind, both sides looked for another goal that could completely change the face of the face of the match, but neither side found one.

Arsenal probably should have done so when Oxlade-Chamberlain was put in one-on-one with Lloris in the fifteenth minute, yet the Englishman horribly screwed an attempted chip wide. Christian Erkisen curled a dangerous free-kick just over the crossbar twenty-nine minutes in and Emmanuel Adebayor then nearly flicked a shot into the bottom corner of the net as Spurs pushed forward for an equalizer. The home side really should have got one when Nacer Chadli pounced on Wojciech Szczesny’s error, only to see his shot blocked off the line by Arsenal defenders. Yet in the end Arsenal somehow held on to keep the three points to and let them stay in the running for a first Premier League title in over nine years.
Man of the Match: Tomas Rosicky

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