Arsenal returned from the international break depleted in numbers, but certainly not in heart as they battled to a 1-0 win away at Tottenham.
Arsenal’s dominance in this fixture continues, it’s now three away wins in a row against their biggest rivals. It’s also 31 goals scored and just 3 conceded in all Premier League away games in 2024—some achievement.
Here’s how I rated the players:
David Raya – 10
Ben White – 7
William Saliba – 9
Gabriel – 10
Jurrien Timber – 10
Thomas Partey – 8
Jorginho – 7
I won’t pretend Jorginho was great today, but the fact he hasn’t played a minute of football for a month, to come into this game and played 90 minutes at that intensity, is pretty heroic.Â
Leoandro Trossard – 7
Kai Havertz – 10
Bukayo Saka – 8
Gabriel Martinelli – 7
Men of the match: Jurrien Timber. Could have given it to Gabriel, David Raya or Kai Havertz. I’m giving them all 10’s today.
Timber gets the nod as it’s his first 90 minutes for the club and I thought he was brilliant, especially after getting on a yellow card in the first half (which was a good challenge in my eyes!).
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